Entre los muros del orfanato Santa Lucia viven varios internos aislados de la cruel Guerra Civil que vive España en ese momento.Al recóndito lugar dirigido por Carmen llega un nuevo interno, Carlos, un niño de 12 años a quien ya no puede cuidar su tutor.Desde el primer día Carlos ve la siniestra figura de otro niño que parece demasiado tímido como para comunicarse con él.Carlos comparte con el profesor Casares sus sospechas de que la visión no es fruto de su imaginación sino que es un auténtico fantasma.Sin embargo, para Carlos resulta menos aterradora la presencia del fantasma que la de Jacinto, el violento portero del orfanato.
Director Guillermo Del Toro
The Devil's Backbone starts with a lyrical questioning of what a ghost is - "A tragedy condemned to repeat itself again and again. An emotion trapped in time, like an insect trapped in amber." These quiet musings set the tone for this superior drama, as well as introducing its themes - tragedy and the supernatural.
During the Spanish Civil War, a boy is delivered to an isolated orphanage on a sun-baked Spanish plain. Despite being intelligent and self-possessed, Carlos (Tielve) is bewildered by his new circumstances - even more so when learns of the disappearance of another boy and glimpses the figure of an unknown child.
The orphanage is ostensibly run by two ageing Communist sympathisers, teacher Dr Casares (Luppi) and governess Carmen (Parades), though young caretaker and sometime resident Jacinto (Noriega) holds virile sway. Jacinto is only present because he knows there is gold locked in a safe. As the war rages and Jacinto schemes, Carlos begins to unravel the mystery of the missing boy and the truth about the ghost, known as "the one who sighs".
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