The Devil's Backbone
“What is a ghost?”
Original title: El espinazo del diablo
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras
Guillermo del Toro's elegant gothic ghost story unfolds in an isolated orphanage during the final days of the Spanish Civil War, where a boy arrives to find a murdered child's spirit haunting the grounds and a cruel caretaker guarding hidden gold. Del Toro blends supernatural dread with political allegory, treating the war itself as the real horror. Widely regarded as one of his finest films, it is a companion piece to 'Pan's Labyrinth', mournful, beautiful and quietly devastating.
Release
Apr 20, 2001
Budget
$5M
Country
Spain
Revenue
$7M
Cast
Marisa Paredes
Carmen
Eduardo Noriega
Jacinto
Federico Luppi
Dr. Casares
Fernando Tielve
Carlos
Íñigo Garcés
Jaime
Irene Visedo
Conchita
José Manuel Lorenzo
Marcelo
Francisco Maestre
'El Puerco'
Junio Valverde
Santi
Berta Ojea
Alma
Adrián Lamana
Gálvez
Miguel Ortiz
Domínguez
Juan Carlos Vellido
Ayala
Javier Bódalo
'Búho'
Víctor Elías
Orphan
Reviews
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