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Pan's Labyrinth

2006 · TMDB 7.8 · El laberinto del fauno

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

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In post-Civil War Spain, a young girl escapes the brutality of her stepfather's fascist regime through a labyrinth of mythical creatures and dark tasks.

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