The Devil Smokes (2025)
- Original title
- El diablo fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)
- Country
- Mexico
- Rated
- 17+
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Five siblings are abandoned by their parents and left in the care of their paranoid schizophrenic grandmother. They struggle to survive and find ways to cope with their new situation.
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What happens
The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) (Spanish: El Diablo Fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)) is a 2025 Mexican drama film co-written and directed by Ernesto Martínez Bucio. The film centres on five siblings — Vanessa (Laura Uribe Rojas), Victor (Donovan Said), Elsa (Mariapau Bravo Avina), Marisol (Regina Alejandra) and Tomas (Rafael Nieto Martinez) — who are abandoned by their parents Judith (Micaela Gramajo) and Emiliano (Bernardo Gamboa), and must find ways to survive while in the care of their paranoid schizophrenic grandmother Romana (Carmen Ramos). The film premiered in February 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released commercially on 23 April 2026, in Mexican theaters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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