A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father.
About the Director
László Nemes
Laszlo Nemes’ debut feature, Son of Saul, is one of the most awarded debut features ever, having won an Oscar for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards, a BAFTA for best film not in the English language, as well as the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Film Festival.
His sophomore film, Sunset, premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival where it also won the FIPRESCI prize.
Orphan is Laszlo’s third feature film and has played in many of the world’s leading festivals, including Venice, Toronto and London.
Year
2025
Film Type
Narrative
Film Length
2 hour 12 minutes
Director
László Nemes
Screenplay
László Nemes
Clara Royer
Original idea by
András Jeles
Producer
Ildiko Kemeny
Mike Goodridge
Ferenc Szale
Alexander Rodnyansky
Laszlo Nemes
Alexander Bazarov
Gregory Jankilevitsch
Cinematography
Mátyás Erdély ASC, HCA
Editing
Péter Politzer HSE
Starring
Bojtorján Barabás
Andrea Waskovics
Grégory Gadebois
Elíz Szabó
Soma Sándor
Hermina Fátyol
Production Companies
Pioneer Pictures
Good Chaos
In Co-production with
Lumen
Twenty Twenty Vision
Funding
With Assistance from Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance
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