The Devil Never Sleeps

The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)

El diablo nunca duerme

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.”

Date of release
1994-09-13
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Lourdes Portillo

Interesting facts

The Devil Never Sleeps is a 1994 Mexican-American documentary film directed by Lourdes Portillo and produced by Portillo and Michelle Valladares.

Production

The film was funded by ITVS (Independent Television Service). with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Inspiration for the film came from Errol Morris' 1988 film The Thin Blue Line.

The Devil Never Sleeps consists of a collection of different forms of media, such as individual video interviews, phone calls, photographs, home movies of the family, images of documents, segments of telenovelas, and additional images of the places and things that occur in Oscar's life story. Kyle Kibbe contributed to some of the cinematography in the film as well.

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