"Actor: Fernando Tielve"

• Criterion Collection: Devil's Backbone | Blu Ray | (30/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Devil's Backbone | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As Guillermo Del Toro films go The Devil’s Backbone is a defining moment in his career, breaching the gap between International Art House and mainstream Hollywood success, it being his last film before Blade 2. Based within an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s, the film is driven by its characters and, just like his previous films (Cronos and Mimic), it draws on the supernatural to outline and re-define exactly what it is that drives them. Although Del Toro insists that this is not a film about the Civil War, by trapping and threatening its inhabitants the orphanage inevitably becomes a mirror for the events outside. These four walls become a place of protection for boys who have been orphaned during the war, a place for them to lead a relatively normal existence full of school life, bullying and adventure. Their main source of the latter being Santi, a young ghost who haunts the halls looking for revenge for his recent murder. Yet the pivotal character who evokes real fear in the children is not the spirit, but the greedy, selfish Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), a former orphan, whose experiences have left him with deep emotional scars. With a strong cast and even stronger imagery (created by cinematographer Guillermo Navarro) Del Toro whips up a hauntingly effective film about love, life and the afterlife. On the DVD: entering the extras literally through the keyhole, there are several opportunities to obtain a deeper understanding of this disturbing film. A "Behind the Scenes" featurette includes the cast’s own character profiles and interpretation of the story, as well as Del Toro explaining his thoughts about the film and how he achieved some shots. Two of the sequences—"Aerial Bombardment" and "The Ghost"--can be seen in further technical detail, with film footage and computer animation combined to make a whole scene. A selection of storyboards can also be viewed which run alongside the soundtrack to the scene, with the option to intercut between storyboard and finished film. A theatrical trailer, a picture gallery and written biographies are standard. The film and additional features are in Spanish with English subtitles and menu. With Dolby 5:1 sound and a widescreen picture, the film not only looks and sounds, but also feels fantastically chilling. --Nikki Disney

• Imagining Argentina | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £11.60   |  Saving you £-1.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A theatre director must rely on his imagination when his wife becomes one of the 'disappeared' during the political upheavals of 1970s Argentina.

• Lose Your Head | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £8.75   |  Saving you £7.24 (82.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Like thousands of other young tourists, Luis (Tielve) arrives in Berlin from Madrid fresh from his break-up with his boyfriend, looking to party the pain away within Berlin's infamous club scene. However, Luis's uncanny resemblance to a missing young Greek student gets him involved with a strange and elusive Russian (Mandic), who may or may not know the whereabouts of the missing young man. What begins as a romantic adventure quickly turns into a desperate chase for the truth as Luis begins t...

• Unmade Beds | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fernando Tielve (The Devil's Backbone) and Deborah Francois (The Child) star in this film from director Alexis Dos Santos (Glue). In Unmade Beds two immigrants find their paths crossing whilst squatting in a hip building in London's East End: in search of his roots Axl (Tielve) is scouring the city for his long-lost father while broken-hearted Vera (Francois) attempts to recover from a failed love affair by striking up a playful romance with a sexy and mysterious stranger.