The Devil's Backbone Comments

  • Stephany 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    What a sad and sad story. . . The delicate story reveals the infinite humanity of people during the war. The color of the film has always been my favorite. PS: Little Guitong, was it designed after Gaara? It’s so...

  • Conner 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    The fuse was dismantled, and the bomb still reverberated; humans who believed in science were repeatedly creating "ghosts". The ghost is me, the shadow hidden in everyone's heart. There are metaphors along the way slowly and deeply, depicting the dark clouds of war and human nature just right. Can the abandoned person have to be alone and indifferent and ruthless to do evil for a lifetime? The top gave an answer with his innocent warmth. //Northern Film Festival Midnight...

  • Reginald 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    #北影节留影# In fact, from the beginning of the film in 2001, Toro's style has been formed, with a weird atmosphere, sad stories, fairy tale narratives, and lyric poetry. In the end, evil is rewarded, and kindness also has relief. True love will never die, which directly affected the later "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Shape of...

  • Rahul 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    [Beijing Film Festival Screening] Film version at midnight at midnight. I almost never watch ghost movies, but I am deeply attracted by this movie. Hitchcock once said that it is suspense to let the audience know the existence of the bomb before the bomb explodes. This film is the perfect practitioner of this view. Children under the background of war are the protagonists, the rhythm is perfect, and the climax is exciting. The degree of completion is extremely high. Compared with the good...

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  • Unique 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    The children in this movie

    Although it is a horror movie, apart from the shock, I still appreciate the children's acting skills.
    The children who are learning and growing up in these orphanages are pitiful. They are the products of war, and they have experienced the evils of war. While the children around us are happily...

  • Brittany 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    "Ghost Children's Courtyard": a black fairy tale with light

    On the rainy night when Little Sandy was killed by Jacinto, a bomb fell from the sky, and it stuck in the yard without exploding.

    This is the source of the whole story of "Ghost Children's Courtyard", with a trace of bizarreness, a trace of mystery, or-very "Gilmo del Toro". As a Mexican native of...

The Devil's Backbone quotes

  • Casares: [to Carlos] The devil's backbone. Children who should never have been born.

  • [repeated line]

    Santi: Many of you will die.

    Santi: [to Carlos touching his face] Bring Jacinto To Me