With being home unwell I was able to watch a movie that I've wanted to for a while now. The film is called Pan's Labyrinth and was made by Mexican film maker Guillermo del Toro. It came out in 2006 and was highly acclaimed for it's visual effects and imaginative storyline. The story itself is based out of Spain in 1944 during the post civil war era when Francisco Franco was still in power. The main character, Ofelia, is traveling with her pregnant mother to live with her step father in the mountains while he fights off any remaining Spanish Maquis guerrillas. The life that Ofelia has is chaotic and violent and to escape it she creates a fairytale world involving an abandoned labyrinth near her new home where she is visited by fairies and Pan himself. She is told by Pan that she is a princess but in order to get back to her throne and with her king father she must prove herself by following three difficult tasks.The story connects reality with fantasy very well and at times made me wonder if what was happening to Ofelia was real or in her head. The movie was visually beautiful and captivating, having both a curious charm and an eerily dark plot.
This movie contains violence and harsh language and has a few disturbing scenes.
Side note, I watched the movie with subtitles and left the original language playing. This is the first time I've watched a Spanish film while taking a Spanish class and I got a kick out of being able to understand snippets of words without looking at the subtitles......but I still need them, for now.
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