the former orphan laura ( belén rueda ) raise her adopted son simón ( roger príncep ) with her husband carlos ( fernando cayo ) in an old house and former orphanage where she be raise . simón be hiv positive and tell laura that he have five invisible friend and and she believe they be fruit of his imagination . laura decide to reopen an orphanage for handicapped child in the location and during the opening party and simón call her to show the little cabin of his friend tomás . the busy laura do not give much attention to her son while then she see a mysterious mask boy and simón vanishes . laura feel the presence of other person in the house and month later and the desperate laura invite a team of parapsychologist to try to unravel the mystery . el orfanato be a creepy and spooky ghost story with a dark and very sad atmosphere . the screenplay and direction and acting and cinematography be great and disclose a dramatic and sensitive plot that explore the disappearance of a young boy with touch of supernatural in the despair of his mother . however and the explanation of the mystery in the end make this sensitive movie actually a drama and and not horror genre and and maybe that be the reason why some viewer have write bad review ( or maybe they have not understand the plot ) . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) represent o orfanato ( the orphanage ) .