And that, del Toro insists, is the only kind of fairy tale worth telling.
The plot follows Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a young, bookish girl who travels with her pregnant, ill mother to a remote mill, where she must live under the cruel watch of her new stepfather, Captain Vidal. Wandering through the forest, she encounters a praying mantis-like fairy that leads her to a crumbling stone labyrinth. Inside, she meets the Faun (Doug Jones), a chthonic creature who tells her she is the reincarnation of Princess Moanna, the lost daughter of the King of the Underworld. el laberinto del fauno 2006
Every monster in the film corresponds to a real horror: And that, del Toro insists, is the only