29.06.2025: El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) - 2006 - Guillermo del Toro
Part of our ongoing collaboration with the Sheffield Spanish Intercambio group, celebrating Spanish language cinema.
El laberinto del fauno is a Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro, starring Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil.
Del Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, influenced by fairy tales. It addresses and continues themes related to his 2001 film The Devil's Backbone, to which Pan's Labyrinth is a spiritual successor. The film is an international co-production film between Spain and Mexico.
It premiered on 27 May 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received a 22 minute-long standing ovation. It garnered widespread critical acclaim, with praise towards its visual and makeup effects, direction, screenplay, cinematography, musical score, set design, and cast performances.
It won numerous awards, including three Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards including Best Film Not in the English Language. It has since been considered to be Del Toro's magnum opus, one of the best fantasy films ever made, as well as one of the greatest films of the 2000s, the 21st century and of all-time.
In 1944 Spain, during the early Francoist period, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
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