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The Devil's Backbone (Spanish: El espinazo del diablo) is a 2001 gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by del Toro, David Muñoz, and Antonio Trashorras.
Apr 20, 2001 · With Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve. After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
The Devil's Backbone served as a trial run for Pan's Labyrinth, focusing on a child dealing with supernatural forces and human monsters against the backdrop of...
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Dec 21, 2001 · "The Devil's Backbone," a mournful and beautiful new ghost story by Guillermo del Toro, understands that most ghosts are sad, and are attempting not to frighten us but to urgently communicate something that must be known so that they can rest.
Synopsis. After his father dies in combat during the last months of the Spanish Civil War, young Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is brought to an isolated orphanage in 1939.
Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets.
Apr 20, 2021 · The precise moment in which The Devil’s Backbone takes place is utterly instrumental to the telling of Guillermo del Toro’s striking Spanish ghost story, first released 20 years ago...
Nov 21, 2001 · Spain 1939: the Second World War shakes Europe but there is still a civil war in the country. Carlos, a young orphan, enters a sinister and atypical reformatory, directed by the sweet Carmen, by Doctor Casares (secretly in love with her) and by Jacinto, enigmatic and charming caretaker.
Sep 2, 2001 · David Muñoz. Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Apr 30, 2001 · Blending an engaging, if hectic, storyline with powerful visuals and winning perfs, Mexican Guillermo del Toro‘s psychodrama “The Devil’s Backbone,” has the helmer toning down the perverse ...
