The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Keywords: tmdb.spain, tmdb.orphanage, tmdb.political-repression, tmdb.1930s, tmdb.isolated-place, tmdb.supernatural-being, tmdb.gothic-horror + 168 more, tmdb.ghost, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.certified-fresh, imdb.gold-bar, imdb.gasoline-can, imdb.child-ghost, imdb.spaniard, imdb.bare-chested-boy, imdb.barefoot-boy, imdb.caretaker, imdb.safe, imdb.ghostly-vision, imdb.whispering, imdb.rescue-from-drowning, imdb.reference-to-the-count-of-monte-cristo, imdb.reference-to-john-the-baptist, imdb.reference-to-jesus-christ, imdb.record-player, imdb.pocket-knife, tmdb.ghost-child, imdb.orphanage, imdb.spanish-civil-war, imdb.1930s, imdb.revenge, imdb.slug, imdb.toy, imdb.schoolteacher, imdb.young-boy, imdb.spanish, imdb.ghost, imdb.tutor, imdb.spain, imdb.underwater-scene, imdb.truck, imdb.prologue, imdb.photograph, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, mdblist.ext.dolby-vision, mdblist.ext.4k-blu-ray, tmdb.spanish-civil-war-1936-39, imdb.portugal, imdb.nudity, imdb.peeping-tom, imdb.old-man, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.toledo-spain, imdb.co-written-by-director, imdb.andalucia-spain, imdb.arsonist, imdb.year-1939, imdb.political-allegory, imdb.gothic-thriller, imdb.psychological-thriller, imdb.period-drama, imdb.plateau, imdb.aerial-bombing, imdb.10-year-old-boy, imdb.boys-dormitory, soundmix.dolby-digital, aspectratio.1-85-1, imdb.abandoned-children, imdb.walking-cane, imdb.professor, imdb.headmistress, imdb.female-teacher, imdb.cook, imdb.hatred, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.hidden-gold, imdb.republican, imdb.missing-child, imdb.cistern, imdb.ghost-of-an-orphan, imdb.male-prostitute, imdb.sketchbook, imdb.monogrammed-handkerchief, imdb.murder-by-stabbing, imdb.psychic-child, imdb.fiance-fiancee-relationship, imdb.test-of-courage, imdb.wall-safe, imdb.sighing, imdb.water-pitcher, imdb.female-amputee, imdb.sex-scene, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.overhearing-sex, imdb.unrequited-love, imdb.secret, imdb.age-disparate-romance, imdb.military-execution, imdb.omen-of-death, imdb.granada-spain, imdb.sabotage, imdb.haunted-orphanage, imdb.gasoline-explosion, imdb.homme-fatale, imdb.cigar-band-as-a-wedding-ring, imdb.repeated-scene, imdb.impotence-drug, imdb.accidental-death, imdb.double-barrel-shotgun, imdb.death-of-guardian, imdb.looking-through-keyhole, imdb.sharpended-stake, imdb.victrola, imdb.surrogate-father, imdb.reciting-poetry, imdb.war-orphan, imdb.pre-adolescent, imdb.older-woman-younger-man-romance, imdb.amputee-sex, imdb.school, imdb.father, imdb.supernatural-horror, imdb.fear, imdb.spanish-horror, imdb.peugeot, imdb.superstition, imdb.stabbing, imdb.spanish-republican-militia, imdb.shot-in-the-arm, imdb.scissors, imdb.rope, imdb.reference-to-edmond-dantes, imdb.militia, imdb.madrid-spain, imdb.letter, imdb.international-brigades, imdb.hunger, imdb.haunting, imdb.gunshot, imdb.gun-held-to-head, imdb.gold-ingot, imdb.fetus-in-a-jar, imdb.slapped-in-the-face, imdb.defused-bomb, imdb.crucifix, imdb.comic-book, imdb.climbing-out-a-window, imdb.classroom, imdb.catholic, imdb.broken-ankle, imdb.surrealism, imdb.stabbed-in-the-arm, imdb.exploding-car, imdb.drowning, imdb.scar, imdb.prosthetic-limb, imdb.spear, imdb.poetry, imdb.snail, imdb.gramophone, imdb.water, imdb.murder, imdb.radio, imdb.kitchen, imdb.soap, imdb.photography, imdb.slingshot, imdb.breakfast, imdb.dead-boy, imdb.cellar, imdb.body-part-in-title, imdb.mexican-horror, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.war-refugee
Production Companies: Tequila Gang, El Deseo, Anhelo Productions
Country: Spain
Production Countries:
Spain,
Mexico
Languages:
Spanish
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