Pan's Labyrinth
2006
Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and demons, in a bid to escape. .. Read more
| Starring | Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil |
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| Director | Guillermo del Toro |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
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Pan's Labyrinth
Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and demons, in a bid to escape. From Guillermo del Torro, the visionary director of THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE and CRONOS comes this frightening, yet fantastical film.
| Starring | Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones |
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| Director | Guillermo del Toro |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs HD DVD: 2 hrs |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish Blu-ray: Spanish HD DVD: Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Mar 2007 Blu-ray: 19 Nov 2007 HD DVD: 21 Jan 2008 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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A girl on the cusp of adolescence is inducted into a threatening fantasy world where she discovers her own power.... read more on Time Out
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A stark and disturbing fairy story for adults. It's provocative vision packs chilling power
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191 out of 206 people found this review helpful
Dark and moving
I was highly ignorant of what this film would be about. I had seen and heard very little about it, which may have been a good thing. I imagined a young girl being sent to live with this evil guy, overcoming adversity through the aid of a loveable faun. Doesn't that sound nice? (And should David Bowie pop and sing at some point, more's the better. Yes I know it's not that Labyrinth.) I could not have been more wrong if I had tried. What I got was mainly a story of war with snippets of fairytales thrown in, and evil, scary fairytales. The parts set in the real world were highly disturbing, with the Captain being a very vicious man happy to beat people to a bloody pulp on a whim, torture and murder without batting an eye. And our heroine is not safe either. So she happily takes on the faun's tasks that will see her return to the underworld and be free of the Captain. Brilliant tasks, especially the one that sends her underground with one of the scariest film monsters I've ever come across. The man with eyes in his hands. Stay away from the grapes love! Shudder.
This is an excellent film, just not what I expected. Ivana Baquero does a great job of carrying such weighty stuff on her shoulders, and the Captain is perfectly played. The effects were also very good, not too over the top, very realistic, especially the gory bits (though I didn't see that much of them I'll be honest). It was also very moving and did bring tears to my eyes at the end. I really recommend this, but go into it with eyes open, it's certainly not one for the kids. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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Disappointing. Maybe its just not for me.
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Apocalypto and Pan's Labyrinth sweep Imagens
- 30 Jul 2007
A yearly awards ceremony aimed at encouraging and recognising the portrayal of Latinos in the media took place last night and saw a number of films take home multiple prizes. The 22nd Annual Imagen Awards included wins for fantastical fairytale Pan's Labyrinth, which was given best picture and best actress for Ivana Baquero, while it also took the prize for best director. Mel Gibson's epic Apocalypto won plaudits for best supporting actress and actor, while Kuno Becker received the gong for... Read more
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