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The Devil's Backbone

2001·1h 46m·R
DramaHorrorThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
75,664 votes
Metascore
78
Metacritic

After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.

The Devil's Backbone is a 2001 drama horror movie directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega, Fernando Tielve. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 75,664 votes and runs 1h 46m.

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Director
Guillermo del Toro
Stars
Federico Luppi
Eduardo Noriega
Fernando Tielve
Marisa Paredes
Details
2001-04-20
106 min
Movie
R
★ Spain, Mexico
★ Spanish
Keywords
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