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'''''Pan's Labyrinth''''' ({{lang-es|El laberinto del fauno}}, literally ''The Labyrinth of the Faun'') is an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Spanish language]] [[fantasy movie]]<ref name="newtimes">{{cite news |last=Shafer|first=Craig |url=http://www.newtimesslo.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=2232 | title=Amazing journey: Fantasy both frightening and beautiful lurks in this award-winning labyrinth | publisher=New Times SLO | date=[[2007-01-18]] | accessdate=2007-01-24 }}</ref><ref name="SF">{{cite news |url= http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw14471.html |title=Guillermo del Toro and Ivana Baquero escape from a civil war into the fairytale land of ''Pan's Labyrinth'' |accessdate=2007-01-27| date=[[2006-12-25]] |publisher=[[Science Fiction Weekly]]| last=Spelling|first=Ian}}</ref> written and directed by [[Mexico|Mexican]] movie-maker [[Guillermo del Toro]].

 

''Pan's Labyrinth'' takes place in two places, known as a duel setting: in the "real world" the story is set in [[Spain]] during the time period shortly after the [[Spanish Civil War]], and tells a story of a girl named Ofelia who is given three tasks by a mysterious [[faun]]. Meanwhile, her stepfather, the [[Falange|Falangist]] Captain Vidal, hunts the [[Spanish Maquis]], [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrillas]] who continued fighting the [[Francisco Franco|Franco]] regime in the region, as her pregnant mother grows ill. The alternate setting is a secret "fantasy world" that Ofelia enters through an overgrown [[labyrinth]] garden, where she meets all manner of strange and magical creatures who become central to her story. The movie uses make-up, puppetry, and [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] effects to create its creatures.

 

The director of this movie, Del Toro said that he thinks the story to be a [[fable]], influenced by [[fairy tale]]s, and that it focuses on and continues themes related to his earlier movie ''[[The Devil's Backbone]]'',<ref name="SF"/> a [[spiritual sequel]], though not an actual sequel. The original Spanish title refers to the mythological fauns of [[Greek mythology]], while the [[English language|English]] title refers specifically to the faun-like [[Greek mythology|Greek god]] [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]] (intended to help English-speakers differentiate the title from the term [[fawn]]). However, Del Toro has stated that the faun in the movie is not Pan.<ref name="SF"/>

 

The movie was first shown at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]]. It was released in the [[United Kingdom]] on [[November 24]], [[2006]]. In the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], the movie was given a limited release on [[December 29]], [[2006]], with a nationwide release on [[January 19]], [[2007]].<ref name="bom">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=panslabyrinth.htm|title=Pan's Labyrinth (2006)|accessdate=2007-02-12 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> ''Pan's Labyrinth'' has won numerous international awards, including three [[Academy Awards]], the [[Ariel Award for Best Picture]], and the 2007 [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form|Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form]].

[[Category:2006 movies]]

[[Category:Fantasy movies]]

 

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