Perfect!

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2007)

Perfection sums this film up entirely.
I'm ashamed to say I just picked the film up by accident on DVD - I had not seen all the praise it had received, but ...
The story centres around a young girl who is moved along with her ailing heavily pregnant mother to a garrison used by the Franco regime and run by her step father the captain.
Whilst there the young girl is led into a labyrinth where she is set three tasks that a Faun promises will reveal her true destiny.
The story then entwines the horrors of the real world with the strangeness of the fairy tale world.
The film starts without any preamble. You are introduced to the characters through the engrossing story line with no slow paced scene setting. Each scene from the movie and each word uttered is there for a reason - to tell the story.
The direction, photography and special effects (although you can be so sucked into the movie that you don't notice them) are superb.
I cannot recommend this film too much - it's storytelling at its finest.