Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

• Year: 2006
• Released: 19 Jan 2007
• Country: Mexico, Spain
• Adwords: Won 3 Oscars. 109 wins & 115 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pans_labyrinth
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pans-labyrinth
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 2160p
• Language: Spanish
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
• Runtime: 118 min
• Writer: Guillermo del Toro
• Director: Guillermo del Toro
• Cast: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López
• Keywords: love, woods, army, princess, fairy tale,

	8.2/10
	98/100
	95% – Critics
	91% – Audience

Pan’s Labyrinth Storyline

The story takes place in Spain, a few years after The Civil War, which ended in 1939 with General Franco emerging victorious and taking over as Dictator of Spain. The Resistance has fled into the forests, but are looking to bounce back at any opportunity. Amidst this setting, the narrative of the film intertwines the real world with a mythical world centered on an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with whom the main character, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), interacts. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden. On successful completion of her tasks, Ofelia bears the chance to attain immortality by ascending the high throne of the underworld as Princess Moanna. Parallely running, is the story of Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez), the son of a brave Commander who died in a battle in Morocco, who is posted on an Army outpost in the forest surrounded by the Resistance men. He takes Ofelia’s mother Carmen (Ariadna Gil) as his wife, after the death of Ofelia’s father. There is state control over the rations to prevent it from reaching the Resistance men hiding in the forests and amidst this he plays an evil character who is impossible to defend. Mercedes (Maribel Verdu), Vidal’s housekeeper, who is secretly supporting the rebels is also supported by Dr Ferreiro (Alex Angulo) in her mission. Midway in the movie, The Resistance, in a stroke of brilliance, are able to overpower the men at the outpost and gain access to the rations leaving the Captain and his men dumbfounded. This incident in the movie, shifts the tide in favor of the Resistance. Soon after, Vidal discovers that his housekeeper Mercedes is a spy. Ofelia is locked in her bedroom, and Mercedes is taken to be tortured. However, she frees herself, stabs Vidal, and rejoins the rebels. The faun returns to Ofelia and tells her to bring her baby brother into the labyrinth. Vidal pursues her. The faun tells Ofelia that opening the portal to the underworld requires the blood of an innocent. The faun suggests a few drops of her baby brother’s blood. Ofelia refuses to harm her brother; for further disobeying his orders, the faun refuses to help her. Vidal finds Ofelia talking to someone (the faun) whom Vidal cannot see. Vidal takes the baby from her arms and fatally shoots Ofelia; then, when he reaches the labyrinth’s entrance, he is surrounded by the rebels who have taken over the outpost. Knowing that he will be killed, he hands the baby to Mercedes. One of the rebels kills Vidal. The movie ends with drops of Ofelia’s blood falling down the center of the spiral stone staircase onto an altar. Ofelia then appears in a golden throne room. The king of the underworld says that she passed the final test, which was to choose to spill her own blood rather than that of her baby half-brother.

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An incredibly creative piece of cinema. It incorporates an amazing fantasy world with the realities of war. It gives its protagonist a way of surviving and continuing on with a life after she could have lost everything. The visuality is striking, creating a world like we’ve never seen. There is an amazing use of computer generated images. Everything in this film is in balance as it shifts between fantasy and the horrors of the civil war under Franco. Del Torro is a director of the first order. If you don’t like him, try to realize that he takes chances and there are always naysayers out there who want to tear down that creativity. Imagine Stravinsky stopping after “The Rite of Spring” because the Philistines who are stuck in the past couldn’t give it its due or at least have some optimism.

Incredibly graphic…so think twice about watching this one….

“Pan’s Labyrimth” is an exceptionally good film in many ways…but I am apprehensive to recommend it without first providing a warning. The film is brutally violent…more than most any film I’ve seen. The violence is so realistic and awful that I cannot imagine it wouldn’t be a chore for many viewers to watch it to the finish. After all, who wants to see close-ups of a guy getting his face smashed in, another guy sewing his face back together or someone being tortured? You’re in for that and MUCH more if you see this strange yet strangely violent story set in post Civil War Spain.

The film is set in the early 1940s…a few years after the Civil War has ended officially. However, pockets of resistance still remain and an incredibly sadistic and brutal Captain is out to root out this resistance even if it means murder and torture. Through the course of the film, he torments most everyone around him and you see much of it through the eyes of his new step-daughter, Ofelia.

As for Ofelia, she is a child who either sees magical beings or is insane…and you aren’t exactly sure which during the film. She sees a magic faun and fairies and they seem very real to her. The faun gives her tasks to do and she sometimes does them wrong…supposedly because she had a strongly oppositional streak within her. Or, she simply could have been insane…and you never really are sure which.

So what did I like? Well, the scenes with the faun and other magical creatures were incredible–quite beautiful and amazing to watch. On the other, the story, despite its unusual and interesting aspects, is grim and awful. I much prefer the writer/director’s other films such as “Crimson Peak” or “The Devil’s Backbone”. Both seemed less nihilistic and grim. It is finely crafted….just not all that pleasant to watch.

Quite possibly the best foreign language film I have ever seen!

Don’t let the fact that it is in Spanish throw you. This is a dark, moving and sometimes terrifying masterpiece of a film. Director Guilliemo Del Torro directs with briskness and deep understanding of the film. The film looks gorgeous, very beautiful in one scene, and quite Gothic in another. Another director I can think of that directs visually stunning films is Ridley Scott. The music score by Javier Navarette is haunting, poignant and beautiful. The script is very mysterious, suspenseful and genuinely moving at times, and there are some genuinely memorable characters, the idealistic protagonist, the brutal stepfather, the pregnant mother and the caring housemaid. Here is one of the few fantasies where the images stay with you forever. There are beautiful costumes and a stunning forest set, the labyrinth is very Gothic and dark, as is the wise and mysterious faun, and the war and torture scenes are unashamedly graphic. Another honourable mention should go to the monster that tricks children into eating his food when he is asleep, and then he wakes up and eats them. He was so terrifying, the very look of him, made my blood run cold. He is one of the most terrifying creatures I have ever seen in the history of film. All in all, a visually stunning and absolutely magnificent film, with a definite 10/10. Bethany Cox.