El Orfanato

It's been a while since the last time I posted something around here, but i have been a bit busy getting my life back. Which i did! :)

So here is my movie selection for today: El Orfanato (The Orphanage).

This Spanish movie from 2007 was one of the most awarded international films of the year, and obviously won most of the Spanish awards as well, including 7 wins out of 14 nominations on the famous Goya Awards. Internationally, it was mostly awarded as best movie, actress (Belén Rueda), and director (Juan Antonio Bayona).

The movie is a stunning thriller about a women that moves with her family to her childhood home, an abandoned orphanage, with the intention of opening her own orphanage for handicap children. Soon things get pretty exciting as her son starts to communicate with a new (invisible) friend.

I must say I was very impressed with the movie. I particularly enjoyed the soundtrack - very good! gets into you from the first scene - as well as the particular way in which the movie is shot. Well done to the (very) young director Juana Antonio Bayona.

Here's the trailer. Enjoy ;)