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The Devil Smokes

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The fears of five stoic young siblings abandoned by their parents mix with those of their schizophrenic grandmother who now looks after them, blurring and gradually dissolving the boundary between reality and imagination.

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Guy Lodge Variety A commendably thorny, disorienting psychological drama, conceptually akin to Kore-eda’s “Nobody Knows” by way of Erice’s “The Spirit of the Beehive” -- not the crowdpleasing coming-of-ager one might expect given its premise and winsome principals. Feb 26, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis The fears of five stoic young siblings abandoned by their parents mix with those of their schizophrenic grandmother who now looks after them, blurring and gradually dissolving the boundary between reality and imagination.
Director
Ernesto Martínez Bucio
Producer
Carlos Hernández Vázquez, Gabriela Gavica Marrufo, Alejandro Duran
Screenwriter
Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Karen Plata
Production Co
Mandarina Cine
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 37m