The Devil's Backbone
Release date: 2001-04-20
Votes: 1320
Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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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