“Orphan”, interview with director László Nemes

August 29, 2025

László Nemes, director, talks to FRED about "Orphan", his film in competition in Venice 2025

"Orphan", interview with director László Nemes David Martos

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Interview during the 82nd edition of Venice International Film Festival with László Nemes, director of the film “Orphan”. The production, in Competition in Venice Film Festival 2025, takes us back to Hungary in 1957

In his interview with FRED Film Radio, our guest told us that the story of the film comes directly from his father’s, whose father was deported to a nazi concentration camp. László Nemes considers that the past is a source of lessons for the present, and tries to convey that look through the life of a 13 year old teenager.

“Orphan” begins with a little prologue in 1949, when we meet our protagonist. Then, in 1957, Andor tries to survive in a Hungary that lives in the shadows of the Second World War and under the rule of a totalitarian regime.

László Nemes, director of the film "Orphan". — László Nemes, director of the film “Orphan”.

Plot

1957. In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, a young Jewish boy, Andor — raised by his mother with idealised tales of his deceased father — has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.

Written by: David Martos

Guest

Laszlo Nemes

Film

Orphan

Festival

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia

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