The Devil's Backbone
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Supernatural, World cinema, Fantasy, Mystery, Period piece, Gothic Film, Haunted House Film
Year: 2001
Country: Mexico, Spain
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega, Íñigo Garcés, Adrián Lamana, Fernando Tielve, Junio Valverde, Irene Visedo, José Manuel Lorenzo, Berta Ojea, Daniel Esparza, Francisco Maestre
The Devil's Backbone (Spanish: El espinazo del diablo, literally The Backbone of the Devil) is a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic thriller film written by Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz, and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar.
The film is set in Spain, 1939 during the Spanish Civil War. During the director's commentary in the DVD, del Toro stated that, along with Hellboy, this was his most personal project. The film was shot in Madrid.
A boy named Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at an orphanage, thinking that he will be staying there temporarily, until his father returns from the Spanish Civil War. In the center of its courtyard, there is a bomb which was defused. Carlos then sees a ghost of a boy in the kitchen doorway who disappears shortly after. When he goes in to investigate, he is distracted by two orphans, Galvez and Owl, whom he befriends. He shows them his toys and comics, until Jaime (Íñigo Garcés), an older orphan, steals one of them. Carlos starts to fight with him but is distracted by the sight of his tutor and his bodyguard driving away without him. Although he doesn't know it, his father is dead, and
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