The Devil Smokes (2025)

Original title

El diablo fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)

Directed by

Ernesto Martínez Bucio

Genre

comedy, drama, mystery

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

17+

Elsewhere

IMDb

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)

Trailer

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