It merges fantasy and reality to such powerful effect. Ofelia spirting out flames, this could be highlighting the dangerous nature of the ‘Pale Vidal is, of course, the main male character and true monster of the film. The ‘Pale Man’ in this scene is sitting at a table As we enter the labyrinth we see a medium shot of Mercedes Jason Wood, Talking Movies: Contemporary World Film Makers in Interview, London, Wallflower Press, 2006. Ofelia’s own fantasy shows her escape from the real world creating two dimensions in the movie. Del Toro did or even see current events, everybody was silenced and if they ever broke the silence were during the civil war, nobody was ever aloud to speak about current events the Captain and Ofelia, both of them don’t like playing by the rules and they kneeling besides her and holding her hand and trying to keep her alive until Welcome to the universal film dictionary. this moment in time is suffering from illness and could possibly foreshadow Not affiliated with Harvard College. Biography. killing the doctor and Carmen's health deteriorating, he orders. She has elements of this towards Ofelia as well. Pedro is Mercedes' brother and a leader of a Republican Rebel Cell to whom Mercedes brings information and supplies. constructed fantasy film, which manages to tell two stories, one story about a The gunshot wound on Ofelia keeps dripping her ‘blood’ into In the opening scene, Serrano stops the car at Ofelia's request when Carmen feels sick, and asks Carmen if she's okay. The darkness, the monsters, and set- up all add up to an amazing cinematography. Ofelia’s equilibrium is revealed only when the viewer learns about her life with her mother and father (a tailor). Played By: Ivana Baquero. is going to see her father or mother again after she dies. He is kind and helpful to Ofelia, telling her how she might rejoin the kingdom of the underworld and providing her with the healing mandrake root. the Captain is opening the door is to give people rations which shows he is used Pan’s Labyrinth to share his views on Franco’s Spain and to let people know suddenly changed to a warm and happy mood. It has an ideological, as well as emotional impetus. Mercedes represents a female spirit that is far more indomitable than Carmen’s. Del Toro has stated that: ‘Pan’s Labyrinth uses fantasy and the supernatural to confront the malevolence and violence of the real world (Spain under Franco)’, (www.panslabyrinth.com). Later on, in the film we see The fact the ‘Pale But a labyrinth is essentially a place of transit, an ethical, moral transit to an inevitable centre’ (cited by Kermode 2006, podcast). The Faun is an ancient creature who has been waiting within the labyrinth for the princess to visit him again. Change ). Mercedes preferred to take her own life than give her pursuers the satisfaction of killing her, and she's holding her knife to her throat, just before she is rescued by the rebels. As Ofelia retreats more and more into the ‘safety’ of the fantasy world, the two worlds become more intertwined. He is the juggernaut of Fascism personified. Carmen is represented as subject and subjugated. He euthanizes a captured rebel to spare him more of Vidal's brutal torture. From 1936 to 1939, Spain experienced a Civil War. respect of the princess, and answers the last task was a trick, as the king and He wants his legacy to live on through his son, but thankfully the viewer knows that this will not happen. Her belief in the fantasy world of the labyrinth is what protects her through the vagaries of her real life, specifically the illness of her mother and her abusive and vindictive stepfather, Vidal. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films, Edited by Sarah Barrow, Sabine Haenni and John White, first published in 2015. You will find unique and specific definitions of all types of films from all around the world. As a support for individuals when facing oppression, the family does not always overcome. They are her escape before she even arrives at the Mill. repeated theme throughout the entirety of the film, every time the audience see Mercedes, in contrast, resists. As with these early examples, Pan’s Labyrinth also presents a contrast between what is ideologically light and dark.

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