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The Orphanage
Directed by
Shahrbanoo Sadat
2021
90m
Drama
,
Music
6.6
88%
92%
6.9
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A 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.
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Cast of The Orphanage
Hasibullah Rasooli
Hasib
Masihullah Feraji
Feraji
Qodratollah Qadiri
Qodrat
Sediqa Rasuli
Sediqa
Anwar Hashimi
Anwar
Ahmad Fayaz Omadi
Fayaz
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Director / Screenplay
Katja Adomeit
Producer
Jón Hammer
Associate Producer
Marina Perales Marhuenda
Co-Producer
Bernard Michaux
Associate Producer
Tine Mikkelsen
Associate Producer
Xavier Rocher
Co-Producer
Jani Thiltges
Co-Producer
Claude Waringo
Associate Producer
Haïga Jappain
Co-Producer
Virginie Surdej
Director Of Photography
Samantha Mialet
Assistant Director
Alexandra Strauss
Editor
Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen
Sound Designer
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The Orphanage Ratings & Reviews
AWFJ.org
Jennifer Merin
Emotionally engaging, The Orphanage presents a picture of the hardship and deprivation that youngsters around the world endure when they are orphaned or abandoned due to war and poverty.
In Review Online
M.G. Mailloux
The Orphanage is almost competently made to a fault, curiously predictable for a film [but] one can see something more intriguing and subversive at work.
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
Amid the missteps, the care the filmmaker has for this story prevails.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
It's a clumsy movie, not just in terms of storytelling but in its wildly inconsistent tone. Still, it does provide some insight into one recent chapter in Afghanistan's almost perpetually tormented history.
Easy Reader (California)
Neely Swanson
Based on the diary of Anwar Hashimi, a friend of Sadat, this independent film is definitely worth your time and reflection.
Film Threat
Alex Saveliev
Sadat is paving the way for other underrepresented filmmakers to share their fascinating stories. For now, I can't wait to see the third chapter of her epic visual odyssey.
AWFJ.org
Susan Wloszczyna
If The Orphanage does anything right, it will likely leave you wanting to know more about what happens next with these characters and the turmoil-filled land they live in.
Variety
Jay Weissberg
What sets "Orphanage" apart are the moments when Qodrat's imagination makes Bollywood-esque musical numbers out of his fantasies.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
The Orphanage is a beautifully photographed, quietly methodical portrait of 1989 Kabul.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
A small yet touching chronicle where innocent teenage boys fall prey to socio-political forces way beyond their control.
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