Guillermo del Toro's dark fairy tale revolves around a girl's retreat from the harshness of her life into a fantasy world of mythical creatures and magical quests, only to find that her refuge is as brutal as reality.
Spain, 1944: Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) buries her nose in a treasured book of fairy tales as she and her fragile, pregnant mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), are driven through the Spanish countryside, en route to join Carmen's new husband, Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez), an officer in General Francisco Franco's army. Though the Spanish civil war is officially over, pockets of guerrilla resistance to Franco's fascist regime persist in rural areas, and Vidal'...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
112 mins