What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.
Director
Guillermo del Toro
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Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro
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Release date
October 10, 2006
Country
Mexico, Spain, United States of America
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Top billed cast
Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil
Production companies
Estudios Picasso, Esperanto Filmoj, Tequila Gang, Telecinco Cinema
Keywords
criterion collection, spain, resistance, servant, anti hero, fairy tale, franco regime (francoism), army, princess, love, woods, cruelty, hiding, labyrinth, magic realism, mythological, dark fairy tale, children in wartime, post spanish civil war, faun
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