Update on Juan Antonio Bayona's THE ORPHANAGE (EL ORFANATO)
A page for Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage (El orfanato) has been added to GOMORRAHY.com; on that page are posters for and stills from the movie, as well as a downloadable teaser trailer for it. (Note: The teaser trailer is a much larger version (600 x 279 vs. 320 x 239) of the one that was linked to in past ScreenAnarchy articles.) As was previously reported here on ScreenAnarchy, Picturehouse Inc. has acquired U.S. distribution rights for the movie.
The screenplay for The Orphanage was written by Sergio G. Sánchez. The movie apparently stars Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla, Mabel Rivera, Andrés Gertrúdix, and Roger Príncep. Guillermo del Toro was one of its producers.
Here's a synopsis for The Orphanage from the production: "Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long-abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon's imagination, and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent games... a troubling web that begins to disturb Laura, drawing her into the child's strange universe which resonates with echoes of long-forgotten, deeply troubling memories of her own childhood. As the opening day draws near, tension builds within the family. Carlos remains sceptical, believing that Simon is making everything up in a desperate bid for attention. But Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family."
Those who are interested in The Orphanage may wish to view the trailers for Jorge Mella's The Gravity of the Pugilist (La gravedad del púgil) and Paco Cabezas' The Appeared (Aparecidos).
Picturehouse: The Orphanage press release
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The Gravity of the Pugilist trailer (Spanish w/o subtitles; downloadable 24.9 MB MOV file - viewer discretion is advised)
The Appeared teaser trailer (Spanish w/o subtitles; downloadable 1.3 MB MOV file)
