EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal the first trailer for László Nemes’ post-World War II Hungarian family drama Orphan, which Hungary has selected as its Best International Film hopeful.
Set in 1957 Budapest after the uprising against the Communist regime, Orphan is about a young boy’s journey when a man appears from his mother’s past and he discovers the true story of her survival during World War II. Bojtorján Barabas, Gregory Gadebois and Andrea Waskovics star in what is Nemes’ third film after Son Of Saul and Sunset.
Producers are Ildiko Kemeny and Ferenc Szale for Hungary’s Pioneer Pictures and Ballad Of A Small Player producer Mike Goodridge for the UK’s Good Chaos, alongside Alexander Rodnyansky of AR Content and Gregory Jankilevitsch of Mid March Media.
Co-producers are Juliette Schrameck of France’s Lumen and Thanassis Karathanos and Martin Hampel of Germany’s Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion. Nemes co-wrote the script with his Son of Saul and Sunset co-writer Clara Royer.
Charades and New Europe Film Sales rep international sales and have sold the movie to buyers including Mubi for UK and Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Latin America and Turkey. The film is one of a number of high-profile arthouse projects still on the hunt for a domestic home.
Nemes’ acclaimed 2015 Holocaust drama Son Of Saul went on to win the Oscar for Best International Film.
