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Pan’s Labyrinth at 20: a powerful, symbolic tribute to Spanish resilience in the face of fascism

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par Keith McDonald, Senior Lecturer Film Studies and Media, York St John University

This autumn marks the 20th anniversary of Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro’s elaborate and deeply sorrowful film about a young girl caught between two dangerous worlds in rural Spain in 1944.

The film tells the story of Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), who finds herself shifting between the “real” above-ground world half a decade after the end of the Spanish civil war, and an underground “fantasy” realm where ancient forces recognise her as a lost princess.

It is a perennially relevant tale…

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