El espinazo del diablo (2001)

AFG presents at the Club (AKUMB, 40 Tumanyan Str.)
February 6 - 27, 2018 Program
Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro + Bonus
Tuesday, February 13, 2017 at 20:00
El espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone)
2001, Spain / Mexico / France / Argentina, R, 108 min, Drama / Fantasy / Horror, BR
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
One of the most personal films by Guillermo del Toro, The Devil’s Backbone is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro expertly combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish mélange that, like his later Pan’s Labyrinth, reminds us the scariest monsters are often the human ones.
* Programs are free of charge, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
* Films are screened in original language with English subtitles.
* BR Box Set Donated to the program by Zareh Arevshatyan (USA)