🎬 Documentary

The Devil Never Sleeps

⭐ 5.5/10 1994 1h 22m Dir. Lourdes Portillo

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The Devil Never Sleeps is a “whodunit” documentary about family secrets. Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo received a phone call informing her of the mysterious death of her wealthy Mexican uncle Oscar. Officially ruled a suicide, Portillo’s relatives claimed murder, offering several possible suspects including a business partner, a ranch hand, and Oscar’s young widow who stood to inherit everything. Traveling to Mexico, Portillo attempts to learn the truth about her powerful uncle. Using interviews, old snapshots and home movies, she finds a complicated web of family secrets, intrigue, rumor and betrayal that makes her enigmatic uncle’s murder seem ever more likely, yet ever more obscure. As the Mexican saying goes, “When evil is lurking, the devil never sleeps.”

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Year
1994
Runtime
1h 22m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.5/10
Votes
4
Genre
Documentary
Language
EN
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Lourdes Portillo
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The Devil Never Sleeps has a runtime of 1h 22m (1 hour and 22 minutes).
The Devil Never Sleeps was directed by Lourdes Portillo and released in 1994.
The Devil Never Sleeps is a Documentary film (1994).
The Devil Never Sleeps has a TMDB rating of 5.5/10 based on 4 votes.

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