Orphan

Directed by
László Nemes
Starring
Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics, Marcin Czarnik, Elíz Szabó, Gyorgy Bojtik
Duration
132 min.
Year
2025
Language
Hungarian
Tip from Cineville: BUFF Malmö Filmfestival

In 1957 Budapest, one year following the failure of the Hungarian Revolution, a 12-year-old Jewish boy whose mother has raised him to believe that his father will return from the camps has his hopes shattered when a brutish stranger appears on the doorstep to take his family back.

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