Orphan is set in Budapest in the spring of 1957. After the failed revolution, most of Hungarian society surrendered due to reprisals, the disappearance of revolutionaries and resistance fighters, and hopelessness, and the Kádár era began, which lasted more than three decades. 12-year-old Andor is raised by his mother alone, and the boy still hopes that his father, who disappeared in the war, will return. One day, a man appears at their home, claiming to be Andor’s father. The boy refuses to consider the stranger his father. However, the man moves in with them, and the boy is forced to come to terms with his illusions. As the gap between mother and son deepens, Andor decides to save his family from the man at any cost. (Hungarian Film Week)
"Orphan is the chronicle of a child’s coming to terms with his own family history and his own self, both reflective of the turmoils of the twentieth century in the heart of Europe. These stories have shaped our present and continue to haunt us, even questioning our future as a civilisation. My own family’s story served as a canvas for Orphan, spanning the ravages of the Holocaust and the tyranny of the communist regime." (László Nemes)