31 Days of Horror – Saint Ange / House of Voices

Filmed in both French and English, Saint Ange (also known as House of Voices) is an excellent ghost story.  Set in the French Alps in 1958, Saint Ange centers on Anna, a young woman who was hired to help clean an orphanage that is closing down.  When she arrives, all but one of the children have left the orphanage after finding families to live with.  The remaining child isn’t really a child but a disturbed young woman who acts like a child.  Anna is not there long before she begins to hear the sound of children playing in the halls.  She begins to suspect that the Orphanage holds a terrible secret and Judith, the young orphan, holds the key.  But Anna has a secret of her own.

Written and directed by  Pascal Laugier, Saint Ange stars Virginie Ledoyen as Anna with Lou Doillon, and Dorina Lazar.  If you are a fan of ghost stories and haven’t watched this yet, I highly recommend it.  Ghost stories are plentiful these days but rarely are they done so well.