The Devil's Backbone
DEL TORO
Director: Guillermo Del Toro.
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes.
Spain, 2001.
106 mins.
As the Spanish Civil War draws to its close, ten-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is abandoned at a remote orphanage. Harassed by the boys there, Carlos starts to uncover the orphanage?s murky history and the shady connections between its staff. Favouring character-driven, emotional investment over cheap shocks, THE DEVIL?S BACKBONE is an unpredictable horror that builds towards a surprising and truly exciting conclusion.
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Monday 20 September, 3:00PM
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The Devil's Backbone by Festival Daily
23 Sep 2010
A bleeding child is bound and dumped into a murky underground pool as a huge...
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