Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)

[18htn]

There are really a lot of good flicks coming out this year and this is one of them currently showing.

In post-Civil War northern Spain in 1944, a 12-year-old girl, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), moves with her heavily-pregnant mother and stepfather into a new home in the countryside. Her stepfather, Captain Vidal (Sergi López) has been sent to this remote area to rid it of a small Republican militia. Disliked by the sadistic Vidal, Ofelia, who revels in ancient stories and fairy tales, discovers an immense and ancient labyrinth guarded by a faun (Doug Jones). He tells her she is the long-lost daughter of the king of a magical land, and to regain entry to her kingdom she must carry out three tasks. So Ofelia enters a strange and no less dangerous world of fairies and extraordinary creatures such as the terrifying Pale Man (also played by Doug Jones).

Directed by Guillermo del Toro who brought you Hellboy and Devil's Backbone. *The lullaby at the ending is very smoothing to the ear.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/pictureho ... h/trailer/