Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
8.1
/10
2,606 Ratings
ORPHAN
Árva
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.
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.