Orphan

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Mate P @matepolcz Oct 26, 2025 Orphan (Árva) is a quite slow, but beautifully-shot film. The characters are well-written and layered, but in Hungarian movies I miss normality. All the characters have big flaws. When they introduced Berend I thought he would be this extremely abusive guy, but I was surprised to see that he isn't that bad. He is, but not as much as I initially thought. He wants to make himself happy, but he doesn't care about others. Klára has Stockholm syndrome, basically. The actor guy could be the good guy, but he makes weird decisions too. It's a great character study. Andor and Sári are likeable characters, which makes it enjoyable to watch. The other thing that was constantly making this enjoyable is the cinematography. This was probably enhanced by the 35mm projection. Many scenes could be straight from a Robert Eggers / Jarin Blaschke movie. I guess they were inspired by the same director / cinematographer, but I don't know who. The editing is the reason I don't love this movie. It becomes quite uninteresting in the middle. I think they should've cut it down more. The production design is wonderful and the visual effects are quite seamless, although I think I knew when they used them. The score is great, I love how it reflected Andor's feelings. The acting performances are good, especially the young lead's who had to carry this film at a very young age. Although I have to note that sometimes I didn't understand what they said. Orphan (Árva) has Oscar nomination worthy cinematography, but overall it isn't as good as I wanted it to be. See more Read all reviews

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