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20 April 2001 (Spain) moreTagline:
The living will always be more dangerous than the dead. morePlot:
It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists... more | add synopsisAwards:
6 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(22 articles)
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Poetry on screen - A classic Ghost story more (140 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Marisa Paredes | ... | Carmen |
 | Eduardo Noriega | ... | Jacinto |
 | Federico Luppi | ... | Dr. Casares |
| Fernando Tielve | ... | Carlos |
| Íñigo Garcés | ... | Jaime |
 | Irene Visedo | ... | Conchita |
| José Manuel Lorenzo | ... | Marcelo |
| Francisco Maestre | ... | El Puerco (as Paco Maestre) |
| Junio Valverde | ... | Santi |
| Berta Ojea | ... | Alma |
| Adrián Lamana | ... | Gálvez |
| Daniel Esparza | ... | Marcos |
| Miguel Ortiz | ||
 | Juan Carlos Vellido | ||
| Javier Bódalo | ... | Búho (as Javier González Madrigal) |
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Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
106 min | Australia:108 minLanguage:
SpanishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Chile:14 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15Filming Locations:
Madrid, SpainFun Stuff
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Described by Guillermo del Toro as being a sibling film to El laberinto del fauno (2006) (this being the masculine "brother" film, and Pan's as the feminine "sister" film). moreQuotes:
Casares: What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber. moreSoundtrack:
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Some people think horror is about busty teens and young rebels being picked off by mysterious killers or lots of gore from a made up creature. Well this film has neither so stay away.
What you do have is a stunning film with great actors playing real people with real issues. Three or four stories are interwoven perfectly, set off with great imagery...all set around the Spanish civil war and the haunting corridors of an orphanage for abandoned children.
While the film does contain a ghost -the murdered child, Santi- the real horror of the film comes from the greed of certain adults who occupy the orphanage with the children.
This film is intelligent poetry on screen -mortality, love, hate, jealousy, greed and redemption are all explored.
This film puts many films to shame just for having a great story at it's core.