Orphan (film)
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| Directed by | Jaume Collet-Serra |
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| Screenplay by | David Leslie Johnson |
| Story by | Alex Mace |
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| Music by | John Ottman |
| Cinematography | Jeff Cutter |
| Edited by | Timothy Alverson |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $78.3 million |
Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman. The plot centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious 9-year-old girl.
Orphan was produced by Joel Silver and Susan Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment, and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. It is an American, Canadian, German and French co-production. The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 24, 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Some critics compared Fuhrman's performance as Esther to that of Linda Blair in The Exorcist and Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed.
Kate and John Coleman (Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) are experiencing strains in their marriage after their third child is stillborn. They decide to adopt a 9-year-old Russian girl named Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) from a local orphanage. While Kate and John's 7-year-old deaf-mute daughter Max (Aryana Engineer) embraces Esther immediately, their 12-year-old son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) is less welcoming. At school, a bully named Brenda taunts Esther, and she is eventually hurt when Esther pushes her off a slide and causes her to break her ankle.
Kate eventually suspects that there might be problems in Esther's background when Esther catches her and John having sex in the kitchen, and Esther knows more about sex beyond her years. Kate is further alarmed when Sister Abigail (C. C. H. Pounder), the head of the orphanage, warns her that bad things happen when Esther is around upon stating theories that whenever an incident such as arson or murder, Esther would always appear. Esther overhears this and uses Max to kill Sister Abigail using a hammer. Kate is convinced that something is wrong with Esther, but John does not believe her. Kate finds Esther's "Bible" and discovers that it came from the Saarne Institute in Estonia, a mental hospital. She emails a picture of Esther to them and asks for more information.
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