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The Devil's Backbone
2001 · 108 MIN · FANTASY / DRAMA / HORROR / THRILLER
TMDB:7.3 (1,357 votes)
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.
DIRECTED BY:Guillermo del Toro
WRITTEN BY:Antonio Trashorras, Carlos Giménez, David Muñoz, Guillermo del Toro
STARRING:Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés
STUDIO:Anhelo Productions, El Deseo, Tequila Gang
shelf notes: 1930s · ghost · ghost child · gothic horror · isolated place · orphanage · political repression · spain · spanish civil war (1936-39) · supernatural being