2001 1h 48m Guillermo del Toro

The Devil's Backbone

Name: The Devil's Backbone
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Made in Europe
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve

★ 7.3 IMDb

Fantasy Drama Horror Mystery & Thriller Made in Europe

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.

Writers Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Muñoz

Cast Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve

DP Guillermo Navarro

Music Javier Navarrete

Essays and Criticism

On this film

MUBI Podcast | "The Devil’s Backbone": The Creative Resurrection of Guillermo del Toro by MUBI Podcast, MUBI Notebook

On Guillermo del Toro

The Human Monsters of Guillermo Del Toro by Duncan Gray, MUBI Notebook Guillermo del Toro: ‘The world breaks your heart, but you carry on’ by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

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