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: | Goodfellas |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Guillermo Del Toro |
film run: | 106' |
release date: | ES 20/04/2001, NO 12/07/2002, BE 4/09/2002, FR 8/05/2002 |
screenplay: | Guillermo Del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Muñoz |
cast: | Fernando Tielve, Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Iñigo Garcés, Juan Carlos Vellido |
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, Agustín Almodóvar |
production: | El Deseo, Canal+ España, Sogepaq, Anhelo Producciones [MX]; Tequila Gang [MX] |
distributor: | Warner Bros Entertainment Spain, SEG (NO) |