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Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Produced by
Written by Guillermo del Toro
Starring
Narrated by Pablo Adán
Music by Javier Navarrete
Cinematography Guillermo Navarro
Edited by Bernat Vilaplana
Production
companies
Distributed by Picturehouse
Release date
  • 27 May 2006 (2006-05-27) (Cannes)
  • 11 October 2006 (2006-10-11) (Spain)
  • 20 October 2006 (2006-10-20) (Mexico)
Running time
119 minutes
Country Spain
Mexico
Language Spanish
Budget $19 million
Box office $83.3 million
Pan's Labyrinth
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Soundtrack album by Javier Navarrete
Released 19 December 2006
Genre Contemporary classical
Label Milan Entertainment
Producer Emmanuel Chamboredon,
Ian P. Hierons

Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, lit. 'The Labyrinth of the Faun') is a 2006 Spanish-Mexicandark fantasy film written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by Esperanto Films.

The story takes place in Spain in May–June 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the early Francoist period. The narrative of the film intertwines this real world with a mythical world centered on an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with whom the main character, Ofelia, interacts. Ofelia's stepfather, the Falangist Captain Vidal, hunts the Spanish Maquis who fight against the Francoist regime in the region, while Ofelia's pregnant mother Carmen grows increasingly ill. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden. The film employs make-up, animatronics, and CGI effects to bring life to its creatures.

Del Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, influenced by fairy tales, and that it addresses and continues themes related to his earlier film The Devil's Backbone (2001), to which Pan's Labyrinth is a spiritual successor, according to del Toro in his director's commentary on the DVD. The original Spanish title refers to the fauns of Roman mythology, while the English, German, and French titles refer specifically to the faun-like Greek deity Pan. However, del Toro has stated that the faun in the film is not Pan.


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