The Ghost Story
This ghost story, produced by a master of the genre, Guillermo del Toro, is the biggest success of the Iberian cinema. In cinemas now.
This is the biggest successes in the history of Spanish cinema. The Orphanage, the first great work of Juan Antonio Bayona, produced by the Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, attracted 2.5 million spectators in the galleries and Iberian garnered five awards at the ceremony of the Goyas. Surprising, at first sight, for a story of ghosts, haunted house and a mother (Belen Rueda) unable to mourn her child. Juan Antonio Bayona has nothing left to chance: classical and impeccable mastery of a story very well done, full of references to the film genre. There is a particular kinship with the obvious Échine the Devil, the first film by Guillermo del Toro, which also took place in a haunted orphanage.
"The film is full of Bayona favourite films: The Others, The Innocents, Poltergeist, La Maison du diable, The Curse… The Orphanage is an anthology of all these works as must be brand new ghost movie," explains he said.
But what attracted the producer Guillermo del Toro, The Orphanage is the deep melancholy and the ultimate rebound. "I am particularly moved by the last fifteen minutes were similar to the fairy tale," he said. He firmly believe that a horror film, if it is able to move, "must walk". "In terms of creative, I made some suggestions to Juan Antonio Bayona to maximize the moments of fear. He had to accept five of my proposals on the twenty! , "Says the producer, director of the Pan Labyrinth. Today at the head of three production houses, it has provided funding for the orphanage for four and a half million euros. "The Spanish-language film is full renewal. Is it a coincidence or a movement? I do not know. In any case, we entraidons whereas the previous generation was criticized and shot, "says Guillermo del Toro.
An act of faith
Attracted himself from an early age by horror movies, literature and Gothic fantasy, he is a master of the genre. "The Orphanage, the ghosts are ghosts in a literal sense, while those of my films are metaphors," says he. Born in Guadalajara, del Toro, who finished filming in Budapest for Hellboy 2, is deeply influenced by his maternal culture: "Being Mexican is to accept the fantastic in a natural way. In my films, the monsters are there, I do not have to give an explanation, it is almost an act of faith. I am also an instinctive distrust for all institutions, religious or state. And finally, we Mexicans are in love with our tragedies. We celebrate the emotions more than life! "
His taste for the supernatural comes from his mother, "a little witch", which practice cartomancy, summons the spirits, lit in the coffee markets. "Myself, I was a sceptic before seeing a flying saucer, and hear a ghost…"
This is the biggest successes in the history of Spanish cinema. The Orphanage, the first great work of Juan Antonio Bayona, produced by the Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, attracted 2.5 million spectators in the galleries and Iberian garnered five awards at the ceremony of the Goyas. Surprising, at first sight, for a story of ghosts, haunted house and a mother (Belen Rueda) unable to mourn her child. Juan Antonio Bayona has nothing left to chance: classical and impeccable mastery of a story very well done, full of references to the film genre. There is a particular kinship with the obvious Échine the Devil, the first film by Guillermo del Toro, which also took place in a haunted orphanage.
"The film is full of Bayona favourite films: The Others, The Innocents, Poltergeist, La Maison du diable, The Curse… The Orphanage is an anthology of all these works as must be brand new ghost movie," explains he said.
But what attracted the producer Guillermo del Toro, The Orphanage is the deep melancholy and the ultimate rebound. "I am particularly moved by the last fifteen minutes were similar to the fairy tale," he said. He firmly believe that a horror film, if it is able to move, "must walk". "In terms of creative, I made some suggestions to Juan Antonio Bayona to maximize the moments of fear. He had to accept five of my proposals on the twenty! , "Says the producer, director of the Pan Labyrinth. Today at the head of three production houses, it has provided funding for the orphanage for four and a half million euros. "The Spanish-language film is full renewal. Is it a coincidence or a movement? I do not know. In any case, we entraidons whereas the previous generation was criticized and shot, "says Guillermo del Toro.
An act of faith
Attracted himself from an early age by horror movies, literature and Gothic fantasy, he is a master of the genre. "The Orphanage, the ghosts are ghosts in a literal sense, while those of my films are metaphors," says he. Born in Guadalajara, del Toro, who finished filming in Budapest for Hellboy 2, is deeply influenced by his maternal culture: "Being Mexican is to accept the fantastic in a natural way. In my films, the monsters are there, I do not have to give an explanation, it is almost an act of faith. I am also an instinctive distrust for all institutions, religious or state. And finally, we Mexicans are in love with our tragedies. We celebrate the emotions more than life! "
His taste for the supernatural comes from his mother, "a little witch", which practice cartomancy, summons the spirits, lit in the coffee markets. "Myself, I was a sceptic before seeing a flying saucer, and hear a ghost…"
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