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Join us for the continuation of our 37th annual film series on Sun., Oct. 21st, 2:00 PM with El espinazo del diablo/The Devil鈥檚 Backbone 鈥� Guillermo del Toro, Spain(2001) 106 min.
To get us in the mood for Halloween comes this early feature-length film by the Oscar-winning director of The Shape of Water and Pan鈥檚 Labyrinth. Unaware that his father has been killed in the Spanish Civil War, Carlos is dropped unceremoniously at an isolated orphanage to wait out the last days of conflict. Facing bullying and austere conditions, he soon finds himself pulled into a mystery that unravels the place鈥檚 secrets of greed and shame through a classic ghost-story format. Imbued, too, with nostalgia, fairy tale elements, and the pull of collective memory, some critics consider this the director鈥檚 鈥渕ost personal鈥� film. We certainly see del Toro cutting his teeth for what鈥檚 to come in Pan鈥檚 Labyrinth. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Through haunting, 鈥渄el Toro鈥檚 film cements the necessity for a spectral fantasy to link traumatic historical past with contemporary national identity.鈥� - Enrique Ajuria Ibarra, Journal of Romance Studies
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