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Orphan

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The film follows the boy's painful journey when a man appears from his mother's past and he discovers the true story of her survival during World War II. Andor has to come to terms with this man as a usurping father he only has hatred for.

Critics Reviews

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Ben Croll TheWrap Immaculate and inert, “Orphan” plays like a Spruce Goose power ballad too leaden to lift. Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Adam Solomons IndieWire As with “Son of Saul” and “Sunset,” this is a sophisticated endeavor and, in craft terms, a level above the norm. Rated: B+ Aug 28, 2025 Full Review Marshall Shaffer Little White Lies Orphan renders its compelling concept in narratively shallow and dramaturgically flat terms. The film’s stellar leading performance from Bojtorján Barabás seems to occur despite the character’s lack of depth and direction. Aug 28, 2025 Full Review Ethan J. Rosenberg In Review Online It’s reasonable for filmmakers to have fascism on their minds in 2025... but it’s so widely portrayed that they have to do something unique with it, and Nemes can’t muster much beyond platitudes. Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Ruben Peralta Rigaud Cocalecas It's ambitious, rigorously executed, and, at its best, unsettling. But it's also a self-enclosed work, privileging form over life, concept over character. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Rafa Sales Ross The Playlist Still, “Orphan” feels like an exercise more concerned with the precision of its technical execution than the more ungovernable reins of its emotional axis. Rated: C- Sep 2, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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László Nemes

Director

Grégory Gadebois

Actor

Hermina Fátyol

Actor

Marcin Czarnik

Actor

Andrea Waskovics

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Bojtorján Barabas

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Orphan

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Movie Info

Synopsis The film follows the boy's painful journey when a man appears from his mother's past and he discovers the true story of her survival during World War II. Andor has to come to terms with this man as a usurping father he only has hatred for.
Director
László Nemes
Producer
Ildiko Kemeny, Ferenc Szále, Mike Goodridge, Alexander Rodnyansky, Gregory Jankilevitsch
Screenwriter
László Nemes, Clara Royer
Genre
Biography, Drama, History
Original Language
Hungarian
Runtime
2h 12m