THE ORPHANAGE

Wed 2 Jul/6 & 8.15pm/£4.50 (£3.50)

Spain/Mex 2007 106 mins. Dir: Juan Antonio Bayona. With Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo.

This powerfully tense psychological thriller recalls films like The Innocents and The Others, but also has poignant resonances of recent events. Carlos and Laura purchase a defunct orphanage to re-open it as a care-home for disadvantaged children, but Laura’s warmth and optimism and even her sanity are put to the test when her son goes missing. The building itself seems to take on an ever more sinister character as she attempts to find clues via an eccentric medium Aurora.