PAN’S LABYRINTH (CERT. 15)
MEXICO-SPAIN 2006 DIRECTED BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO
COLOUR 1h 58m
WITH: IVANA BAQUERO, ARIADNA GIL, SERGI LÓPEZ, FEDERICO LUPPI
An eleven-year-old girl finds herself in a parallel world of fauns and fairies when her stepfather,
an officer in the Civil Guard, is assigned to hunting Republican Resistance-fighters in northern Spain during 1944.
INTRODUCED BY DR CARMEN HERRERO
Film starts at 7.30pm
3 Academy Awards (Oscars) and 3 BAFTAs (including make-up in both cases)
‘A fairy-tale of such potency and awesome beauty that it reconnects the adult imagination to the primal thrill and horror of the stories that held us spell-bound as children.’ – Stephanie Zacharek,
Chicago Sun-Times
‘A richly imagined, dream-like voyage of self-discovery and character-formation.’ – Cinephilia and Beyond
‘A visual delight … one of those rare films which bridge fantasy and reality, realising the intrinsic
link between horror and fairy-tales.’ – Film ’89
‘One of the gems of del Toro’s work, meriting well deserved pride for his understanding of cinematic theory and language to communicate specific themes, moods and narratives.’ – Word
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