ORPHAN | ÁRVA
08/10/2025, 19:00, OLYMPIA
HUNGARY, FRANCE, GERMANY, UK | 2025 | COLOR | DCP | 132’ | HUNGARIAN
Ten years after winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for “Son of Saul”, László Nemes once again exercises his dazzling directorial mastery to transport audiences to the turbulent post-war Hungary of the 1950s. There, a stubborn boy (played with tremendous energy by newcomer Bojtorján Barabas) desperately searches for traces of his lost father, against the wishes of his mother, who insists that they entrust their fate to a mysterious and boorish man. Drawing from the true story of his own father, Nemes parallels the individual rebellion of his young hero with the efforts of an entire country to find its identity and independence. L.K.
DIRECTOR: László Nemes
SCREENWRITERS: László Nemes, Clara Royer
DoP: Mátyás Erdély
MUSIC: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
EDITOR: Péter Politzer
PRINCIPAL CAST: Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics
LÁSZLÓ NEMES
Hungarian director, born in Budapest in 1977. He grew up in Paris and studied History, International Relations, and Screenwriting before working as an assistant director for Béla Tarr in “The Man from London”. He is best known for his debut feature film, “Son of Saul” (2015), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Hungarian director, born in Budapest in 1977. He grew up in Paris and studied History, International Relations, and Screenwriting before working as an assistant director for Béla Tarr in “The Man from London”. He is best known for his debut feature film, “Son of Saul” (2015), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
FILMOGRAPHY
2025 Orphan
2025 Orphan
2018 Sunset
2015 Son of Saul
