See the film, and explore its meanings with film enthusiast Martha Reingold. Today's Film: Pan's Labyrinth
A dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Eleven-year-old Ofelia comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather, a sadistic captain in General Franco's army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth.
119 minutes, rated R, in Spanish with English subtitles. Originally released in 2006, the film won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Martha Reingold has been a film-lover as far back as she can remember. In recent years, “Martha’s Movies” has been presenting “Films for Fun & Films for Thought” at various venues in the greater Hartford area.