The Devil's Backbone
Movie • 2001 • Drama Report
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There are also some flies towards the end of the movie that fly around and crawl on a dead man and his possessions
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The movie is about orphans, but some of them are led to believe their parents are still alive and will come back to get them (I'm not sure if some of the boys were actually left there by their parents?)
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I do not recommend this movie if you are sensitive to child abuse. The orphan boys are verbally and physically abused and threatened throughout the movie by the adult groundskeeper.
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[SPOILERS]: There is a large explosion. Several people die from the blast, and you can see their charred bodies. Those that survived can be seen with burns on their skin.
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No, but after a man gets hit in the face, his eye becomes very bloodshot and completely red. It stays that way all through the rest of the movie.
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[SPOILERS]: The doctor is knocked unconscious by the explosion, and a boy is pushed into a wall, hitting his head before losing consciousness.
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An ankle is dislocated and clicked back into place in a close up shot, without anaesthetic.
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soravanitas
No amputation is seen but there is a woman with an already amputated leg
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Several characters are seen struggling to breathe after falling into the water in the cistern
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SPOILERS
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The main character is haunted by the ghost of a murdered child, several other children die throughout the movie.
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The bully of the orphanage takes the main character's comic books and toys
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The children are orphans but their parents' death is not discussed or shown.
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The doctor can be seen shaving with an old-fashioned razor
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Both are talked about, but you do actually see one character spit when he is sitting at a fire, and another man drools a lot after being hit in the face
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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A boy gets stuck in a closet
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No but you see dead fetuses in jars
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No but there are deceased fetuses.
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No but you see a fetus in a jar.
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The doctor keeps various preserved fetuses in jars. One of them has severe spina bifida, and the doctor explains that the condition is sometimes called "the devil's backbone."
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The F-slur is used
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The main character gets called "maricón" a few times by an older boy, which is the Spanish equivalent of the f-slur.
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A man who looks to be in his mid-twenties is having an affair with a much-older woman. At the time of filming, the actress was roughly twice the actor's age.
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It's a rather open ended but bleak ending. Not necessarily a "bad" ending, but whatever happens beyond the movie is not likely good.
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Multiple scenes in the movie detail the same event of someone drowning.
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dtdd12345
Prisoners of war are shot in a line at gunpoint
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Various bloody wounds shown and violent scenes including a boy's face getting slashed by an adult, and a man getting piked to death, blood shown.
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No, but there is an explosion from a fire
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