DVD
The orphanage
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix, Edgar Vivar, Geraldine Chaplin.
Publication Information
[Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Entertainment, 2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing content.
Summary
Laura decides to purchase her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. The new environment awakens the imagination of Laura's son. His ongoing fantasy games played with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: Feature audio commentary by director Juan Antonio Bayona and writer Sergio Sanchez; "When Laura grew up: constructing The orphanage" featurette; "Tomas' secret room" featurette; "Horror in the unknown: make-up effects" featurette; "Rehearsal studio" featurette; still gallery.