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Orphan

Orphan

Synopsis

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.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Features
Running time
132 min
Director
László Nemes
Producer
Mike Goodridge, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Ildikó Kemény, Alexander Rodnyansky, Ferenc Szále
Co-Producer
Martin Hampel, Thanassis Karathanos, Olivier Père, Juliette Schrameck
Executive Producer
Ori Eisen, Michael Kupisk, Yoav Rosenberg, Gábor Sipos, Klaudia Smieja, Judit Stalter, J.D. Zacharias
Editor
Péter Politzer
Screenwriter
László Nemes, Clara Royer
Director of Photography
Mátyás Erdély
Production Designer
Márton Ágh
Composer
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Principal cast
Bojtorján Barábas, Andrea Waskovics, Grégory Gadebois

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Production Company

Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund (UK), AR Content (US), CNC/Talent (FR), Filmförderungsanstalt [FFA] (DE), Mid March Media (CY)

Hungary, UK, US, Cyprus, France, Germany co-production

A Pioneer Pictures (HU), Good Chaos (UK), AR Content (US), Mid March Media (CY), Lumen Films (FR), Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH (DE), Laokoon Filmgroup (HU) production in association with Arte France Cinéma (FR)

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