The Orphanage

A seaside mansion, winter, creaking floorboards. A family returns to the mother's childhood home, now an orphanage, where a son finds an invisible friend. Bayona makes the familiar feel ominously strange.

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J. A. Bayona directed The Orphanage in 2007. See J. A. Bayona's full filmography, where to start with J. A. Bayona, or where to go after you've seen everything by J. A. Bayona.

The Orphanage was released in 2007 (ES original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.