The Devil's Backbone (Criterion Collection) - BLU-RAY

As General Franco's fascists close in on victory during the final days of the Spanish Civil War, 12-year-old Carlos arrives at a remote orphanage for children of left-wing families. Soon after arriving, Carlos discovers the orphanage is haunted by Santi, a dead boy who stalks the building's dark hallways and seeks revenge for his tragic death. Special Features Behind the Scenes, Booklet, Bonus Footage, Commentary Guillermo Del Toro (Sony); Guillermo Del Toro (Optimum); Guillermo Del Toro and Guillermo Navarro (cinematographer), Deleted Scenes, Documentaries 'Of Ghosts and Fauns Del Toro's Spanish Civil War'; 'Que es un Fantasma?', Image Gallery, Two posters; Introduction by Guillermo Del Toro; Video prologue; Original EPK featurette; Sketch, Storyboard, Screen Multi-Angle; Special effects; Director's notebook, Trailers

An Academy Award winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Pan's Labyrinth encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro (The Devil's Backbone, Cronos). Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi Lopez), a sadistic captain in General Franco's army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child's imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.

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