| Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround DTS-HD MA rda |
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video file Blu-ray region A rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 666.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, Region A, 16:9 widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo, José Manuel Lorenzo. |
| Credits |
Editor, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete ; director of photography, Guillermo Navarro. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. |
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MPAA rating: R |
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Special features: New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro and director of photography Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; Audio commentary featuring del Toro ; Video introduction by del Toro from 2010 ; New and archival interviews with del Toro about the creation of his film ; Que es un fantasma? , a 2004 making of documentary ; Interactive director's notebook ; Four deleted scenes, with commenatary by del Toro ; new interview with scholar Sebastiaan Faber about the film's depiction of the Spanish Civil War ; Program comparing del Toro's thumbnail sketches and Carlos Gimenez's storyboards with the final film ; Selected on-screen presentation of del Toro's thumbnail sketches ; Trailer ; New English subtitle translation by del Toro ; PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Kermode. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language and some sexuality. |
| Summary |
The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us that the scariest monsters are often the human ones. |
| Subject |
Haunted places -- Spain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Orphans -- Spain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Orphanages -- Spain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spain -- Videodiscs. |
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Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) -- Videodiscs. |
| Chronological Term |
1936-1939 -- Videodiscs. |
| Subject |
Spanish language materials. |
| Genre |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Historical films.
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History.
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Horror films.
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War films.
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Historical films.
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War films.
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Horror films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Spanish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- screenwriter, film director.
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Almodóvar, Agustin, film producer.
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Almodóvar, Pedro, film producer.
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Trashorras, Antonio, screenwriter.
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Muñoz, David, 1968- screenwriter.
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Navarro, Bertha, film producer.
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Paredes, Marisa, 1946- actor.
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Noriega, Eduardo, 1973- actor.
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Luppi, Federico, actor.
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Tielve, Fernando, actor.
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Garcés, Iñigo, actor.
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Visedo, Irene, 1978- actor.
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Lorenzo, José Manuel, 1959- actor.
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Maestre, Francisco, actor.
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Madrid, Luis de la, editor of moving image work.
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Macarrón, César, production designer.
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Navarrete, Javier, 1956- composer (expression)
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Navarro, Guillermo, director of photography.
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Soto, Javier, 1969- interviewer.
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Giménez, Carlos, 1941- artist.
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Faber, Sebastiaan, 1969- interviewee.
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Kermode, Mark, author of added text.
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Deseo, S.A.
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Tequila Gang (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Espinazo del diablo |
| Note |
Devil's backbone |
| ISBN |
9781604657425 |
| Standard No. |
715515107716 |
| Music No. |
CC2279BD The Criterion Collection |
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CC2686BD-2 The Criterion Collection |
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