Film

Pan's Labyrinth 2006

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

  • Fantasy, Drama, War
  • 118 min
  • R

Innocence has a power evil cannot imagine.

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

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  • Harm to children
  • Graphic violence
  • Body horror

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Earnest, grave, overwhelming and meticulous.

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