#j a bayona

[whynot-movies]

La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

[fanofspooky]

The Orphanage

2007 • R • 1h45m

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

[nuovocparadiso]

"The skies are strange".

- Lord of the rings: the rings of Power (2022).

— dir. J. A. Bayona • dop: Óscar Faura

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: A Monster Calls

Rating: PG-13

Director: J.A. Bayona

Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson, Ben Moor, Frida Palsson, Wanda Opalinska, James Melville, Oliver Steer, Dominic Boyle, Jennifer Lim, Max Gabbay, Joe Curtis

Release year: 2016

Genres: fantasy, drama

Blurb: A boy meets a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.

[heavenlycinema]

The Impossible 2012

Dir. J. A. Bayona

“Go help people. You're good at it.”

[halloweenmoviewatchlist]

The Orphanage [El Orfanato] (2007)

[llpodcast]

(Literary License Podcast)

The Orphanage (2007)

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The Orphanage (Spanish: El orfanato) is a 2007 Spanish gothic supernatural horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker J. A. Bayona. The film stars Belén Rueda as Laura, Fernando Cayo as her husband, Carlos, and Roger Príncep as their adopted son Simón. The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood home, an orphanage. Laura plans to turn the house into a home for disabled children, but after an argument with Laura, Simón goes missing.  The film's script was written by Sergio G. Sánchez in 1996 and brought to the attention of Bayona in 2004. Bayona asked his long-time friend, director Guillermo del Toro, to help produce the film and to double its budget and filming time. Bayona wanted the film to capture the feel of 1970s Spanish cinema; he cast Geraldine Chaplin and Belén Rueda, who were later praised for their roles in the film.

 Personal Shopper (2017)

 Personal Shopper is a 2016 supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. The film stars Kristen Stewart as a young American woman in Paris who works as a personal shopper for a celebrity and tries to communicate with her deceased twin brother.  An international co-production between Belgium, Czech Republic, France and Germany,  the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Assayas shared the Best Director Award with Cristian Mungiu, who directed Graduation. The film was released on 14 December 2016 in France and 10 March 2017 in the United States. The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for Stewart's performance.

 Opening Credits; Introduction (1.04); Background History (28.25); The Orphanage (2007) Film Trailer (30.11); The Original (32.05); Let's Rate (1:09.51); Introducing the Double Feature (1:16.31); Personal Shopper (2017) Film Trailer (1:17.36); The Attraction (1:19.40); How Many Stars (2:07.37); End Credits (2:18.01); Closing Credits (2:19.08)

 Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved

 Closing Credits:  My Immortal by Evanescence. Taken from the album Fallen. Copyright 2002 Wind-Up Records.

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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 

 All rights reserved.  Used by Kind Permission.

 All songs available through Amazon Music.

[2ndaryprotocol]

The stunning supernatural shocker ‘The Orphanage’ (aka ‘El Orfanato’) scared US moviegoers this day 15 years ago. 🕯👻💊

“𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎.”

[se7enpixels]

Society of the Snow // La sociedad de la nieve (2023) dir. J. A. Bayona

[einaudis]

The reason this film has not existed before is because it was in Spanish. Because the market is a market dominated by English and big productions. This is a big production… in Spanish. And that doesn't exist. And it's a film that is breaking, or trying to break, a barrier. A glass ceiling that is there imposed by the market, which is dominated by English and big productions from Hollywood. And I want to tell our stories… in Spanish. And it is an effort that has taken us ten years and we are very proud of it. And that people assume it as a success of all of us, to me is super important.

J.A. BAYONA

[fangerine]

"No hay amor más grande que el que da la vida por sus amigos."

EL SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE (2023) dir. J. A. Bayona

[courtana]

LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE (2023) • dir. J. A. Bayona

Coco Nicolich le escribe una carta a sus padres: "Queridos viejos. Les estoy escribiendo a ocho días de haberse caído el avión. Estamos en un lugar divino, todo cerrado por montañas, y con un lago en el fondo, que se va a deshelar apenas comience el deshielo... "...Estamos todos muy bien. Somos en el momento 27 los vivos. Hoy se murió la hermana de Nando Parrado. Los extraño mucho y constantemente le pido a Dios que por los menos me deje verlos un día más."

[aftercrimes]

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (2023) DIR. J. A. BAYONA

[nuovocparadiso]

Lord of the rings: the rings of Power (2022).

— dir. J. A. Bayona • dop: Óscar Faura.  

[bocekcicek]

Society of the Snow (2023), J. A. Bayona

[homesickpiranha]

The Impossible (2012)

"After that, when I came up, I was on my own. That was the scariest part. And when I saw the two of you clinging to the tree, I didn't feel so scared anymore. I knew I wasn't on my own. You see?"