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A woman purchases the orphanage she spent her own childhood in, hoping to restore and reopen the long abandoned facility as both a home for herself and her husband and son, and a school for disabled children. However, her son's imagination seems to run wild in their new home, as he becomes incr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Orfanato (Motion picture)
Main Author: Velázquez, Fernando, 1976- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Picturehouse (Firm), Rodar y Rodar Cine y Televisión S.L, Telecinco (Firm), Warner Bros. Pictures España, New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- (Producer), Bayona, J. A. (Juan Antonio) (Director), Sánchez, Sergio G. (Screenwriter), Targarona, Mar (Producer), Padro, Joaquin (Producer), Augustín, Álvaro (Producer), Rueda, Belén (Actor), Cayo, Fernando (Actor), Príncep, Roger, 1998- (Actor), Rivera, Mabel (Actor), Carulla, Montserrat, 1930- (Actor), Gertrúdix, Andrés, 1977- (Actor), Vivar, Edgar, 1944- (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2008]
Edition:Widescreen format.
Subjects:
Haunted houses > Drama.
Orphanages > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Drama.
People with disabilities > Dwellings > Drama.
Orfanatos > Teatro.
Arquitectura > Conservación y restauración > Teatro.
Haunted houses.
Mothers and sons.
Orphanages.
People with disabilities > Dwellings.
Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Horror films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:A woman purchases the orphanage she spent her own childhood in, hoping to restore and reopen the long abandoned facility as both a home for herself and her husband and son, and a school for disabled children. However, her son's imagination seems to run wild in their new home, as he becomes increasingly involved with a group of seemingly imaginary friends.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: "When Laura grew up: constructing The orphanage" featurette (18 min.); "Tomas' secret room" production featurette (11 min.); "Horror in the unknown: make-up effects" featurette (10 min.); "Rehearsal studio" featurette (4 min.); still gallery; "Marketing Campaign" teasers and trailers (6 min.); poster gallery.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.35:1 enhanced) presentation; DTS-ES 6.1discrete, Dolby digital 5.1 EX surround sound, Dolby digital stereo surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing content.
Awards:Barcelona Film Awards, 2007: Barcelona Film Award - Best Actress (Belén Rueda) ; Best Art Direction (Josep Rosell) ; Best Cinematography (Óscar Faura) ; Best Film ; Best Film Editing (Elena Ruiz) ; Best New Director (Juan Antonio Bayona) ; Best Sound (Xavier Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó)
Goya Awards, 2008: Goya - Best Make-Up and Hairstyles (Lola López, Itziar Arrieta) ; Best New Director (Juan Antonio Bayona) ; Best Production Design (Josep Rosell) ; Best Production Supervision (Sandra Hermida) ; Best Screenplay - Original (Sergio G. Sánchez) ; Best Sound (Xavier Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó) ; Best Special Effects (David Martí, Montse Ribé, Pau Costa, Enric Masip, Lluís Castells, Jordi San Augstín)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Óscar Faura ; editor, Elena Ruiz ; music, Fernando Velázquez ; costume designer, Maria Reyes.
ISBN:0780680219
9780780680210