The Devil's Backbone (Criterion Collection)The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro (CRONOS) is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE tells the tale of a ten year old boy who, after his freedom fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction

and exceptional pianistic capabilities

David Tennant (Viva Blackpool

the surf commune of Hossegor on the south-west Atlantic coast of France and Kensaltown Studios in London

and emotionally charged associations

similar to that of the colleague-friend-rival Puccini

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and North America playing shows and festivals in Germany

even if you lived nowhere near a big town or city

already a star of many Arcana recordings

Commissioned by the Salzburg Festspiele

which appear in a new light here thanks to the use of three different period mandolins

Centrum Center for the Arts