In Spain, a young girl named Laura García Rodríguez is adopted from an orphanage. 30 years later, adult Laura returns to the closed orphanage, accompanied by her husband, Carlos Sánchez Rivera, and their seven-year-old son, Simón. She plans to reopen the orphanage as a facility for disabled children. Simón claims to have befriended a boy named Tomás, and draws pictures of him as a child wearing a sack mask. Social worker Benigna Escobedo visits the house to inquire after Simón, and it is revealed that Laura and Carlos adopted Simón and that he is HIV-positive. Incensed at Benigna's intrusion, Laura asks her to leave. Later that night, Laura finds Benigna in the orphanage's coal shed, but Benigna flees the scene. Later, Simón teaches Laura a game which grants its winner a wish. Clues lead the two to Simón's adoption file. Simón becomes angry, and says that his new friend told him that Laura is not his biological mother and that he is going to die soon.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror |
Country: | Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium |
Produced By: | Elena Manrique, áLvaro Augustin, JoaquÍN PadrÓ, BelÉN Atienza, Sandra Hermida, Mar Targarona, Guillermo Del Toro |
Directed By: | J.A. Bayona |
Written By: | Sergio G. Sánchez |
Cast: | Carmen López, Mabel Rivera, Alejandro Camps, Montserrat Carulla, Enric Arquimbau, Pedro Morales, Blanca Martínez, Isabel Friera, Óscar Casas, Edgar Vivar, Fernando Marrot, Fernando Cayo, Belén Rueda, Georgina Avellaneda, Mireia Renau, Óscar Lara, Geraldine Chaplin, Carla Gordillo, Carol Suárez, Roger Príncep, Andrés Gertrúdix |
In Theaters: | Jan 11, 2008 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
Production: | Canal+ España, Telecinco Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico, Telecinco |
Box Office: | $7,161,284 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |