A movie that is both real and fantasy

Collin 2022-03-22 09:01:39

A very suspenseful movie with a tight plot and a gripping one.
Another extraordinarily warm ending to the film: the heartbroken mother Laura, who forever guards the lost little Simon, disappears with her childhood friend into the brilliant light of the beacon.
You can think that Simon was just playing alone and accidentally fell, or that Simon's last wish "I hope you will always stay and take care of us" is just wishful thinking of a heartbroken mother. You can also think that all those ghosts actually don't exist, but you can't deny the mother's love that the film preaches.

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The Orphanage quotes

  • Simón: [while reading Peter Pan] Wendy grows old and dies?

    Laura: Wendy grows old, but Peter Pan takes her daughter to Neverland every year.

    Simón: Why doesn't Wendy go, too? If Peter Pan came to get me, would you come, too?

    Laura: No. I'm too old to go to Neverland, darling.

    Simón: How old are you?

    Laura: Thirty-seven.

    Simón: At what age will you die?

    Laura: What sort of question is that? Not for a long time, until you're very old.

    Simón: I won't grow old. I'm not going to grow up.

    Laura: Will you be like Peter Pan?

    Simón: Like my new friends.

    Laura: There's more than one?

    Simón: Six.

    Laura: They won't grow up either?

    Simón: They can't.

  • Aurora: Seeing is not believing. It's the other way around. Believe, and you will see.