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Pan's Labyrinth

Film · 2006 · Guillermo del Toro

In 1944 Spain, the stepdaughter of a sadistic fascist officer is set three tasks by a faun in an overgrown labyrinth.

Type

Film

Released

2006

Director

Guillermo del Toro

Length

119 min · One sitting

Original title

El laberinto del fauno

Rated

MPA R

Critics' average

90/100 across 4 published scores

Genres

Fantasy · Dark fantasy · Fairy tale · Drama · War · Home front

What it feels like

War & its human cost · Coming of age · Power, empire & religion · Eerie · Bleak · Sense of wonder

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