What is the film about? The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, 2001) is a gothic horror film about a young orphan boy, named Carlos, who has been left in this orphanage after his father has died. The orphanage is operated by Republican loyalists who are haunted by a ghost of a recently deceased boy. The owners to say of the orphanage and Dr Casares and Carmen and after taking Carlos in he soon develops a friendship with the orphanage bully Jaime. In Carlos time at the orphanage he begins to have visions and he later hears abut the story of a previous member of the orphanage named Santi who went missing on the day that the bomb was dropped in the courtyard. Rumours were spread that he was taken by the bomb. On Carlos’s first night at the orphanage he is dared by Jaime to sneak out of the bedroom and go to the kitchen for water after curfew, it was forbidden. Carlos doesn’t take the so called pressure and he counters Jaime by daring him to come with him. When the boys reach the kitchen Jaime fills up the water first and hurries off leaving Carlos behind. Carlos hears whispers from the kitchen and he becomes panicked it seems to be the voice of his visions. Jacinto hears a bang in the kitchen and hurries to see what is going on in whcih the next morning we see Casares asking all the boys in the orphanage who snuck out after curfew with Carlos. Carlos however claims that he was alone and that Jaime was not with him, this act earns Jamie’s friendship and loyalty.
The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, 2001)
The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro…
The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, 2001)
What is the film about? The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, 2001) is a gothic horror film about a young orphan boy, named Carlos, who has been left in this orphanage after his father has died. The orphanage is operated by Republican loyalists who are haunted by a ghost of a recently deceased boy. The owners to say of the orphanage and Dr Casares and Carmen and after taking Carlos in he soon develops a friendship with the orphanage bully Jaime. In Carlos time at the orphanage he begins to have visions and he later hears abut the story of a previous member of the orphanage named Santi who went missing on the day that the bomb was dropped in the courtyard. Rumours were spread that he was taken by the bomb. On Carlos’s first night at the orphanage he is dared by Jaime to sneak out of the bedroom and go to the kitchen for water after curfew, it was forbidden. Carlos doesn’t take the so called pressure and he counters Jaime by daring him to come with him. When the boys reach the kitchen Jaime fills up the water first and hurries off leaving Carlos behind. Carlos hears whispers from the kitchen and he becomes panicked it seems to be the voice of his visions. Jacinto hears a bang in the kitchen and hurries to see what is going on in whcih the next morning we see Casares asking all the boys in the orphanage who snuck out after curfew with Carlos. Carlos however claims that he was alone and that Jaime was not with him, this act earns Jamie’s friendship and loyalty.