THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
synopsis
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.
| international title: | THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE |
| original title: | EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO |
| country: | Spain, Mexico |
| sales agent: | Sogepaq |
| year: | 2001 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Guillermo Del Toro |
| film run: | 106' |
| release date: | ES 20/04/2001, NO 12/07/2002, BE 04/09/2002 |
| screenplay: | Guillermo Del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Muñoz |
| cast: | Fernando Tielve, Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Iñigo Garcés |
| cinematography by: | Guillermo Navarro |
| film editing: | Luis de la Madrid |
| art director: | Maria Del Pilar Revuelta |
| costumes designer: | José Vico |
| music: | Javier Navarrete |
| producer: | Bertha Navarro, Augustín Almodóvar |
| production: | El Deseo, Canal+ España, Sogepaq, Anhelo Producciones [MX]; Tequila Gang [MX] |
| distributor: | Warner Bros. Spain, SEG (NO) |
