Imagination is important

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2013)

Pan's labyrinth has several levels and it depends on what people want themselves to see. It's a sad story to me. The little girl Ofelia lives in a destructive world. Her mom was controlled by her husband, a sadistic army officer; she has no friends, except for a maid who is planning for a final revolution and doesn't have much time care about her; she even has only limited food (remember the two grapes she took in the dungeon). There is no hope for this young little girl. Then she created an imagining world, where she can see magics, can protect herself and can fulfill missions to compensate her broken heart. I'm sure some of the people who watched this movie must have faith that all these magics and happy endings (she finally becomes a princess) the littler girl experienced are true. I wish I could see that too. However all I see is a tragic story, with the little girl closed here eyes forever. Her last smile is so pure and gives me a little happy felling eventually. Imagination is important, to those who believe it!