2006
Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil,
A beautiful, beautiful movie.
It is 1944. Spain is in the throes of Facism and the rebels are fighting against authority. In the midst of this chaos, we meet Ofelia (Baquero) and her mother Carmen (Gil). They are heading to the home of Carmen's new husband Capitian Vidal (Lopez). Carmen is pregnant with Vidal's son and is very very ill. Vidal pays little attention to his new stepdaughter and dotes on his unborn child. Lonely, Ofelia stumbles across an old labryinth in the grounds of her new home. There she meets a faun who tells her she must complete magical and dangerous tasks to become who she was born to be.....
Captain Vidal is possibly one of the most sadistic villians i have ever seen on film......the man is incapable of any empathy (although it would be nice to know why this is the case). The scene with the glass bottle is the one of only two scenes in any films where i have had to look away........
Ofelia is a beautiful little girl and it is lovely to see the world from her point of view.......Baquero is a wonderful young actress and has lots ahead of her.
The cinematography and music are just wonderful and even now i can hear the lullaby in my head and it makes me tearful. I physically sob by the end of this film....no matter how many times i watch it.
Never mind in your face spiders and trolls, this film has one of THE (in my opinion) scariest creatures ever...............The Pale Man will haunt your dreams forever.
10/10
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