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6.7
/10
56 Ratings

Synopsis

Hungary, 1957. A young Jewish boy, raised by his mother with idealized tales of his dead father, has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true parent.

Our take

In this exquisitely rendered historical drama, Oscar®-winning filmmaker László Nemes mounts a powerful reckoning with Hungary’s turbulent past. Filtered through a child’s scarred curiosity, Orphan is a deeply moving exploration of a family unmoored by the tidal waves of political circumstance.