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One of the strongest and toughest films to watch I've ever scene.It's far more than what you see on the screen,yet that in itself, is at best,memorably implanted to haunt you forever.I can't really explain it as I was never a girl or abused or had a rough life,yet it's as if I understand fully.Released in 2006 and running 106 minutes,it shows the power of other than Hollywood to move us.In this case,Mexico about Spain and that terrible brutal Civil War we often forget for many reasons,yet is serves as a backdrop for this haunting tail of helplessness brought on by madness,brought on by the need to escape the absurdness of a brutal exsistance.Trailer URL follows pix and a IMDB summary is below but it really can't be explained,rather it must be experienced.I took 1/2 star off because at times the lack of hollywood expertise show.Still you'll never forget it if you see it.
In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. Written by Tim
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In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. Written by Tim
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