''Orphan'' (french: Orpheline) is a 2016 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Arnaud des Pallières Arnaud des Pallières (born 1 December 1961) is a French film director and screenwriter. His film ''Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas'' was screened in the main competition section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography R ...

and starring

Adèle Haenel Adèle Haenel (; born 11 February 1989) is a French actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards from seven nominations and one Lumières Award from two nominations. Haenel began her career as a child actres ...

, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Solène Rigot and Vega Cuzytek. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the

2016 Toronto International Film Festival The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown. Awards The festival's final awards were ...

Cast

as Renée * Adèle Exarchopoulos as Sandra * Solène Rigot as Karine * Vega Cuzytek as Kiki *

Jalil Lespert Jalil Lespert (born 11 May 1976) is a French actor, screenwriter and director. Life and career Born to an ethnic French (Pied-Noir) father, actor Jean Lespert, and an Algerian mother, who is an attorney and a jurist, Lespert first studied law, ...

as Darius *

Gemma Arterton Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress and producer. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature film debut in the comedy '' St Trinian's'' ...

as Tara *

Nicolas Duvauchelle Nicolas Duvauchelle (born 27 March 1980) is a French actor, perhaps best known for his role as Theo in three seasons of the crime drama ''Braquo''. Career Duvauchelle starred in numerous films including ''Lightweight'', '' À tout de suite'' ...

as Kiki's father *

Sergi López Sergi López may refer to: *Sergi López (actor) (born 1965), Spanish actor * Sergi López Segú (1967–2006), Spanish footballer See also * Sergio López (disambiguation) * Sergi, the given name *López López is a surname of Spanish origin. I ...

as Maurice *

Robert Hunger-Bühler The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

as Lev * Mehdi Meskar as Samy *

Karim Leklou Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic language, Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name ...

as Antonio * Olivier Lousteau as François * Rayan Rabia as Hakim * Nina Mélo as Cindy * Jonas Bloquet as Patrick *

Sarah Suco Sarah Suco (born in April 1981) is a French actress.https://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2013/06/20/03003-20130620ARTFIG00680--l-entreprise-a-succes-de-palmade.php Filmography Sarah is also a director. She's released The Dazzled (Les Éblouis Th ...

as The radiologist * Karl Sarafidis as The gynecologist *

Jennifer Decker Jennifer Decker (born 28 December 1982) is a French actress. She is best known for the role of Lucienne in the 2006 American film ''Flyboys (film), Flyboys''. Life and career Jennifer began her theatrical career at an early age. At 18 she wa ...

as Kiki's mother *

Sabine Pakora Sabine Pakora is a French-Ivorian actress. Debut Sabine Pakora studied acting at the ''Ecole supérieur d’art dramatique de Paris'' and ''Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Montpellier''. Filmography Theatre References External links ...

as The prison guard *

Émilie Gavois-Kahn Émilie Gavois-Kahn is a French actress. Theater Filmography References External links * French film actresses 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris Living people 1978 births {{france-film-actor-stub ...

References

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* * 2016 films 2016 drama films 2010s French-language films French drama films Films directed by Arnaud des Pallières 2010s French films {{2010s-drama-film-stub