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Step into the labyrinth again to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this fantastical film!

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is an Academy Award–winning dark fable set in 1944, five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Francisco Franco’s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas refusing to give up the fight. The violent reality in which Ofelia lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when she meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child’s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.

Written and directed by del Toro, and produced by his company, Tequila Gang, Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth was nominated in six categories at the 79th Academy Awards and took home three Oscar wins – Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Art Direction, and Best Achievement in Makeup. Across all awards, the film has received 106 wins from 115 nominations.

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Did you know?

  • The captain’s room is made to look like the inside of his father’s watch, which Guillermo del Toro says represents his troubled mind.
  • The faun’s legs were not computer-generated. A special system was created whereby actor Doug Jones wore green stockings, and stuck his legs through the faun’s upper legs, with his feet fastened to the faun’s feet. Whenever Jones moved, he would control the faun’s fake legs himself. Afterwards, the green parts of Jones’ legs that were visible were digitally removed.
  • The movie, set in a verdant forest, was shot in a location that was experiencing its worst drought in years. Gunshots and explosions had to be added digitally to reduce the risk of fire.

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