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Apr 20, 2001 · The Devil's Backbone: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. 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.
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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. Set in Spain, 1939, during the final year of the Spanish Civil War, the film follows a boy who is left in an orphanage operated by Republican loyalists and haunted by ...
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Nov 21, 2001 · The Devil's Backbone. R Released Nov 21, 2001 1 hr. 46 min. Mystery & Thriller Drama Horror TRAILER for The Devil's Backbone: Trailer 1 List. 93% 121 Reviews Tomatometer 89% 25,000+ Ratings ...
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- Guillermo Del Toro
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- Marisa Paredes
A young boy discovers the ghost of a dead boy in a remote orphanage in Spain during the Civil War. The film by Guillermo del Toro explores the themes of ghosts, fascism, and the Spanish future with dark atmosphere and symbolism.
One of the most personal films by Guillermo del Toro, The Devil’s Backbone is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. 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. Del Toro expertly combines gothic ghost story ...
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Spain, 1939. With the country ravaged by civil war and General Francisco Franco 's Nationalists, Carlos, an abandoned orphan, ends up in a small Republican orphanage. Now, there is no turning back: with his freedom-fighter father killed for the cause, the 12-year-old boy's fate lies in the hands of the institution's unwilling administrator, Carmen.
