The Devil's Backbone (2001)
El espinazo del diablo
"What is a ghost?"
Critics Score
🎬 86%
(RT: 93%, MC: 78) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Fernando Tielve as Carlos
Íñigo Garcés as Jaime
Irene Visedo as Conchita
José Manuel Lorenzo as Marcelo
Francisco Maestre as 'El Puerco'
Is The Devil's Backbone good?
Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
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