Pan´s Labyrinth
This sad, brutal and mystical story is taking place 1944 in the north of spain, directly after Francos victory. Ofélia, a littel girl, arrives with her pregnant mother at the place where her stepfather got the order to fight the republic rebellions. She starts to dream herself away from the unbearable reality into a world, where fantastic creatures are searching for the lost soul of the princess, Ofélia. But she has to prove that she didn´t change after the long time she was living among the human beings. Ofélia has to go through three tests. So while the horror of war goes on for the girl the fantasy becomes more and more part of her real life.
This movie is a dark and powerful. Somehow it is very close to the characters, to their fears, wishes, or hopes. The stepfather that punishes rebellions with a cold satisfaction, the mother that suffers because of the pregnancy, the brave servant Mercedes.
Watch it.
1 comment:
El Laberinto del Fauno is a good one. I liked how the two main stories are intertwined, the mixture of purity with dirt, of dark green forest with blood-red hands. I loved the Spanish. It is a fantastic world and the director and writer is Guillermo del Toro. It all has an almost literary quality, the feelings cannot be rushed and the intensity is packed denser every minute. Nicely done...and also appreciated by the Oscar people with three statues and three more nominations of which the most important in the same category as Das Leben der Anderen. Very different quality of emotions but both movies are beautiful enough to repel grading.
Thanks Tanja.
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