The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)

Original title

El diablo nunca duerme

Directed by

Lourdes Portillo

Genre

documentary

Country

Mexico, United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker investigates the suspicious death of her uncle in Mexico. She interviews relatives and townspeople to uncover family secrets and cultural tensions.

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What happens

The Devil Never Sleeps (Spanish: El diablo nunca duerme) is a 1994 Mexican-American documentary film directed by Lourdes Portillo and produced by Portillo and Michelle Valladares. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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