As real as life, as fascinating as fairy tale

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2007)

Describing the World War II's Spain condition, El Laberinto del Fauno is a great story for adults, a reality for children. I have never watched a Guillermo Del Toro film and it was the first trial. I have newly learned that he is a Mexican, but if I didn't know that information there would be no doubt for that he is a Spanish. Only one point that I can criticize is that praise of illegal organization's struggle against a legal state. I don't want to talk about it too much because I don't have too much information of Civil War in Spain.
According to the story cruel Capitan vidal gets married to a woman whose husband priorly sews for also Capitan's uniforms. After her husband had died, she has got married to him and while reaching the last stage of pregnancy, he calls for her with her daughter Ofelia. Ofelia lives in dreamworld and now she finds a labyrinth in their new accommodation. Living in this labyrinth, the life continues with the whole cruelty. Capitan Vidal's assistant Mercedes and Dr. Ferreiro help people who fight against Vidal's union. After Vidal learnt this reality, he wants to torture Mercedes like the other people etc.
Synchronization of Ofelia's dreamworld and real life is very impressive. If you ask me a scene that I could never forget is the Mercedes's attack to Vidal's mouth. I have never thought a person's mouth in such a bad condition.
Don't wait a simple fairy tale story for this film. Too much violence that we used to see in Tarantino's actions and fareast films wait for you. Of course the most important point is that intersection of a little girl's dreamworld and painful truths of life.