The Devil's Backbone

What is a ghost?

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.

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“It may be one of his best movies.”

Willem Dafoe

Actor

“I watched this film a few years ago. There are some images, as I'm holding it, that are sitting in my mind right now, and it's really one that I want to revisit.”

Raven Jackson

Writer, Director