El espinazo del diablo

The devil's backbone
Director
Guillermo Del Toro
Country
Spain, Mexico
Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Guillermo del Toro / Antonio Trashorras / David Muñoz
Cast
Marisa Paredes / Eduardo Noriega / Federico Luppi / Fernando Tielve / Íñigo Garcés / Irene Visedo / Francisco Maestre / José Manuel Lorenzo / Junio Valverde
Production
El Deseo / Canal+ España / Sogepaq / Anhelo Producciones [MX] / Tequila Gang [MX]
http://www.elespinazodeldiablo.com/

Storyline

It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain. A twelve-year-old boy named Carlos is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2001
Made in Spain
Málaga Film Festival 2018
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