Spain 2006                                             Directed by Guillermo Del Toro                                           Certificate  15

 

Spain, 1944. Young Ofelia (Baquero) is taken by her pregnant mother (Gil) to live with her Fascist commander stepfather (López) in a remote town. There she meets a faun (Jones) who tells her that if she performs certain tasks she will become queen of a magical land.

 

"Dark, twisted and beautiful, this entwines fairy-tale fantasy with war-movie horror to startling effect. "  Empire Films

 

A favourite film of many of our committee - something different for March.