The Devil Never Sleeps
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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Lourdes Portillo Director
United States release March 20, 1995 · Produced in Mexico, United States · Languages English, Spanish
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Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Production
Mexico · United States
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Original title
El diablo nunca duerme
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 1994
Theatrical
United States · March 20, 1995
New York City, New York
Czechia
May 3, 2005 · One World Film Festival
Greece
November 1, 1995 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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