The Orphanage

El orfanato (2007)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2007-05-20

Country

Spain

Production

Rodar y Rodar, Telecinco Cinema

Genre

Horror, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$3 400 000

Revenue

$78 638 987

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Director

J. A. Bayona

Actors

Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix, Edgar Vivar, Óscar Casas, Geraldine Chaplin, Carmen López
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Scenario

Producer

Álvaro Augustin, Mar Targarona, Joaquín Padró, Guillermo del Toro

Operator

Óscar Faura

Composer

Fernando Velázquez

Artist

Audition

Geli Albaladejo

Editing

Elena Ruiz
All team (23)

• Juan Antonio Bayona's directorial debut.
• The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it concluded with a 10-minute standing ovation.
• When the writer tells the blind orphan that she has beautiful eyes, she replies that she chose them herself. While she could still see, her parents offered to let her choose her glass eyes.
• Guillermo del Toro played the doctor who treats Laura. His name is not credited in the film.
• The orphanage was filmed in the Spanish town of Llanes. Many of director Juan Antonio Bayona's ideas were impossible to realize on location, so some parts of the building had to be recreated on set. Over 80% of the film was shot in the studio.
• Director Juan Antonio Bayona often hid, in order to jump out from cover at the most unexpected moment and scare the actors.
• When Laura ran to the cave along the ocean, hoping to find Simon, she fell into the water and injured her right leg. However, in the next scene in the hospital, Laura's left leg is bandaged.