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The Devil's Backbone (2001)
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A Spanish Civil War orphanage supplies a clear ghost-story space, with children learning which adults they can trust. The Spanish-language film lets objects and corridors do much of the storytelling. It is a good next step after familiar haunted-house films, with the war's instability giving the fear a specific human foundation.
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About The Devil's Backbone
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.