The Devil's Backbone (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) R
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- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 30, 2013
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Eduardo Noriega, Irene Visedo, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve & Marisa Paredes | |
Directed by | Guillermo del Toro | |
Screenwriting by | Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras & David Munoz | |
Produced by | Agustín Almodóvar & Berta Navarro | |
Director of Photography: | Guillermo Navarro |
Entertainment Reviews:
Del Toro's elegant pacing and gothic touches imbue the proceedings with a cool mystery.
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New Yorker
Rating: 3/4 --
Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone is a really cool ghost story with an extraordinary human and political dimension.
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New York Daily News
It's a horror flick, and a creepily good one, that also functions as an allegory of the war that still haunts Spain seven decades later.
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Wall Street Journal
This is a horror flick that also functions as an allegory of the war that still haunts Spain eight decades later.
Wall Street Journal
Rating: 7/10 --
Although spooky, The Devil's Backbone becomes weighed down by perhaps one too many subplots.
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Under the Radar
...Richly atmospheric....Del Toro builds excitement, dread, and melodrama in equal layers...
Entertainment Weekly
A microcosm, that is like a small war, combining living and dead, resentments, betrayals and revenge in an exceptional way with an impeccable cast. [Full review in Spanish]
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Excelsior
Product Description:
During the Spanish Civil War, newly orphaned Carlos is taken to a school for the children of those who died fighting against fascism. He is given the bed that formerly belonged to Santi, a boy who recently died during an attack in which a bomb dropped, landing in the school's courtyard undetonated, a reminder of impending danger. As the amputee headmistress (Marisa Paredes, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER) and the embittered caretaker, Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), engage in a love affair, the headmistress' cuckolded husband, the impotent but benevolent school doctor (Frederico Luppi) sits by passively. Meanwhile, after Santi's ghost repeatedly reveals itself to Carlos, another student spooks Carlos with a dark secret about the boy's death. War surrounds the school, violence infests it from within, and Carlos sets out to avenge the death of Santi.
Taking on themes such as the brutality of war and the loss of innocence, Guillermo del Toro's (MIMIC) film skillfully combines elements of war, gothic horror, melodrama, and adventure to create a work that functions as both a genre film and a politically resonant piece of nostalgia. THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE uses history as a means of transforming what would otherwise be a routine ghost story into a powerful and affecting statement.
Taking on themes such as the brutality of war and the loss of innocence, Guillermo del Toro's (MIMIC) film skillfully combines elements of war, gothic horror, melodrama, and adventure to create a work that functions as both a genre film and a politically resonant piece of nostalgia. THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE uses history as a means of transforming what would otherwise be a routine ghost story into a powerful and affecting statement.
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