Pan's Labyrinth

Katherine's arts group's first event took place last night. We went to watch this beautiful film called Pan's Labyrinth following my suggestion. It's a fairy-tale for adults and is well deserving of the 6 Academy Award nominations it received including Best Foreign Film (Mexico). I highly recommend this film for everyone to watch. However, it's not for children and is highly graphic.

Synopsis:

Pan’s Labyrinth unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a dreamy little girl who is uprooted to an abandoned mill converted into a rural military outpost commanded by her new stepfather during the repression of post-civil war Spain. In this tense and fearful environment, Ofelia finds a sympathetic presence in the housekeeper Mercedes (Maribel Verdú), who shows her a rambling, neglected old garden near the mill. With its winding paths, it is a lovely place to wander, though one can easily become lost there after nightfall. This garden labyrinth becomes Ofelia’s haven, a refuge from loneliness and sorrow. It is a place of fantastical creatures and powerful talismans, presided over by a teasing, inscrutable Faun (Doug Jones). Here, Ofelia comes to terms with the world as she now knows it – and with the monsters that live not only in her imagination, but in her daily life.