The Orphanage

Name: The Orphanage
Cast: Belén Rueda

Theatrical - Limited 2007-12-28

Cast Belén Rueda
Directed by J.A. Bayona
Written by Sergio Sánchez

Genres: Horror

Synopsis

The Orphanage, presented by Oscar-Nominee Guillermo del Toro, centers on a Laura (Belén Rueda from The Sea Inside) who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, Laura discovers that the new environment awakens her son’s imagination, but the ongoing fantasy games he plays 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.

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