Directed by:
Guillermo del ToroScreenplay:
Guillermo del ToroCinematography:
Guillermo NavarroCast:
Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Farnesio de Bernal (more)Plots(1)
Elderly antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) who, with his eight-year-old granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath), discovers an ancient artifact that once belonged to a 16th-century alchemist. Unbeknownst to Gris, the device — which resembles an ornate mechanical beetle — houses an immortal parasite that will grant eternal life to its host. The cost? An extreme aversion to daylight and an agonising thirst for human blood. Hot on the trail of the device is a dying millionaire (Claudio Brook) and his brutish nephew (Ron Perlman, Hellboy). (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Federico Luppi
Argentina
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Men with Guns (1997)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Ron Perlman
USA
Best movies:
Tangled (2010)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Claudio Brook
Mexico
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Viridiana (1961)
Margarita Isabel
Best movies:
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Cronos (1993)
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Spain
Best movies:
Hell (2010)
Innocent Voices (2004)
And Your Mother Too (2001)
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Mexico
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
The Professionals (1966)
Farnesio de Bernal
Best movies:
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Eagle's Wing (1979)
Juan Carlos Colombo
Argentina
Best movies:
Herod's Law (1999)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Cronos (1993)
Gerardo Moscoso
Best movies:
Desperado (1995)
Katy Meets the Aliens (1988)
Antonieta (1982)
Luis de Icaza
Mexico
Best movies:
Herod's Law (1999)
L'Homme au masque d'or (1991)
Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)
Mario Iván Martínez
Mexico
Best movies:
Fidel (2002) (TV movie)
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Perfect Target (1997)