Pan's Labyrinth

2006 Guillermo del Toro 1h 58m ★ 7.8
Fantasy Drama War
Pan's Labyrinth

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

Cast

Ivana Baquero Ivana Baquero Ofelia
Sergi López Sergi López Capitán Vidal
Maribel Verdú Maribel Verdú Mercedes
Ariadna Gil Ariadna Gil Carmen
Doug Jones Doug Jones Fauno / Pale Man
Álex Angulo Álex Angulo Dr. Ferreiro
Roger Casamajor Roger Casamajor Pedro
Manolo Solo Manolo Solo Garcés

Vibes

Adventurous Emotional Visually Stunning Deeply Moving Crowd Pleaser

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Pan's Labyrinth

Spirited Away
Spirited Away 2001
Girls escaping into magical worlds. Two films about the imagination as the last refuge from a cruel reality. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999
Fairy tales inside fascism. Two films about the stories people tell themselves when the state wants to crush their souls. Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Children Who Chase Lost Voices 2011
Grieving children in underground worlds. Two films about kids who dig through the earth to find the people they lost above it. The Spirit of the Beehive
The Spirit of the Beehive 1973
Children escaping fascism through fantasy. Two films set in Franco's Spain where imagination is the only safe place left.