The Devil Never Sleeps
1994•1h 22m•5.5•Released
Documentary
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.”
Director
Lourdes Portillo
Languages
English, Spanish
Recommended
6.5
The Cheshire Murders
2013
7.2
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
6.6
Love, Marilyn
2013
6.1
Tricked: The Documentary
2013
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
7.2
To Be Takei
2014
7.5
McQueen
2018
7.2
Maternal Instinct
2026
7.5
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
7.1
Maidentrip
2014
7.1
The Class of ‘92
2013
7
Public Speaking
2011
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7
The Crash
2026
6.1
Room 237
2012
6.7
Cameraperson
2016
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
6.4
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show
2014
Similar Movies
6.9
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938
4.8
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring
2023
8.7
The Hooping Life
2014
Modern British Slavery
2017
5.2
The Cloud Forest
2017
4.8
Linar
2013
6.3
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
5.8
You Can't Do Everything at Once, But You Can Leave Everything at Once
2013
6
Bastards: Outcast in Morocco
2014
6.3
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
Win By Fall
2017
Farewell to Hollywood
2013
6
The Cult Next Door
2017
6.1
Russia
1972
7.6
The Corporation
2003
6.3
Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body
2013
7.3
Jaha's Promise
2017
6.4
I Am Evidence
2017
6.6
Towards Tenderness
2016
8.5
There is No Death For Me
2000