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2001 | Color | 108:00

Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil's Backbone 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.


Direction: del Toro; Guillermo
Script: Muñoz; David, del Toro; Guillermo, Trashorras; Antonio
Cast:Lorenzo; José Manuel, Garcés; Íñigo, Tielve; Fernando, Visedo; Irene, Luppi; Federico, Noriega; Eduardo, Paredes; Marisa, Maestre; Paco
Participation year at FICM: 2017

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