The Devil's Backbone

Set during the Spanish Civil War, 'The Devil's Backbone' narrates the story of Carlos, a 12-year-old boy who is left at a haunted orphanage. As he explores his new home, Carlos uncovers dark secrets about the establishment's history involving greed, betrayal, and a ghostly apparition of a deceased child.

• The film's original title in Spanish is 'El Espinazo del Diablo'.
• Director Guillermo del Toro considers this his most personal film.
• The film was shot in Madrid, Spain.
• The movie is a Spanish-Mexican gothic horror film.
• It was nominated for 11 Ariel Awards, the Oscars of Mexico.

• Many of you will die.
• What is a ghost? A tragedy doomed to repeat itself?
• Sometimes I think we are dead. We have been for a long time.
• When you hang a man, you better look at him.
• Life goes by just like this paradise, in a blink.