Orphan

Orpheline tells the story of a woman from childhood to young adulthood as she constantly trying to figure out her identity and achieve personal freedom. At the ages of 6, 13, 20 and 27, the woman known successively as Kiki, Karine, Sandra and Renée must endure ever new blows of fate and finally break free from the shadows of her past to begin a life of her own. But this is not easy. The 27-year-old Renée works as a teacher when an old acquaintance, freshly released from prison, appears along with their shared past...

Keywords

  • Adèle Exarchopoulos
  • Adèle Haenel
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • LuxFilmFest
  • LuxFilmFest - Europe
  • Childhood
  • identity
  • relationship

Actors

  • Gemma Arterton
  • Vega Cuzytek
  • Adèle Haenel
  • Solène Rigot
  • Jalil Lespert
  • Adèle Exarchopoulos
  • Sergi López
  • Nicolas Duvauchelle
  • Robert Hunger-Bühler
  • Karim Leklou

Director

  • Arnaud Des Pallières

Drama


1h 56min


-12

FR


NL

FR

France
2016
A young woman who moves to Paris experiences a disaster. Finally grown up, an accomplished woman, she believes she is safe from her own past.

A young woman who moves to Paris experiences a disaster. Finally grown up, an accomplished woman, she believes she is safe from her own past.


Orpheline tells the story of a woman from childhood to young adulthood as she constantly trying to figure out her identity and achieve personal freedom. At the ages of 6, 13, 20 and 27, the woman known successively as Kiki, Karine, Sandra and Renée must endure ever new blows of fate and finally break free from the shadows of her past to begin a life of her own. But this is not easy. The 27-year-old Renée works as a teacher when an old acquaintance, freshly released from prison, appears along with their shared past...

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