Guillermo del Toro Presents The Orphanage
In UK Cinemas 21st March – Optimum Releasing
Synopsis
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 unsettling 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.
