Pan's Labyrinth

2006 | B/N | 119:00

Spain, 1944. The Spanish Civil War is officially over, but a small rebel group continues to fight in the mountainous northern region of Navarra. Ten-year-old Ofelia moves to Navarra with her pregnant mother to meet her stepfather, a fascist captain determined to annihilate the rebels. The captain lives in a decrepit mill with a tumbledown labyrinth behind it. There lives Pan, a satyr who claims to know the girl’s true identity and fate.

Direction: del Toro; Guillermo
Script: del Toro; Guillermo
Production: Torresblanco; Frida, Augustín; Álvaro, Cuarón; Alfonso, Navarro; Bertha, del Toro; Guillermo
Photography: Navarro; Guillermo
Sound: Polo; Miguel
Music: Navarrete; Javier
Cast:López; Sergi, Baquero; Ivana, Verdú; Maribel, Jones; Doug, Angulo; Alex, Gil; Ariadna
Art direction: Caballero; Eugenio
Participation year at FICM: 2017

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