Pan's Labyrinth


2h 2006

Brief Synopsis

Set in 1940s Spain against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain, a fairy tale that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, who is a military officer tasked with 'ridding the area' of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fa

Film Details

Also Known As
El Laberinto Del Fauno, Laberinto Del Fauno, Pans labyrint, labyrinthe de Pan
MPAA Rating
Genre
Fantasy
Foreign
Period
Thriller
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Cafefx; Construcciones Moya; Festive; Rafael Servicios De Catering Sl; Soundtrack Group; Telecinco; Telecinco; Todd-Ao; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Picturehouse; Aerofilms, S.R.O.; Asociacia Slovenskych Filmovych Klubov (Asfk); Bir Film; Camera Film; Central Film Verleih Gmbh; Cinema Mondo; Edko Films; Entertainment One; Entertainment One Films Australia Pty, Ltd.; Frenetic Films; Golden Village; Gulf Film, Llc; Kino Swiat International; Myndform; New Line Home Entertainment; Oro Film As; Paradiso Entertainment; Picturehouse; Prime Pr Inc.; Senator Film Verleih; Studiocanal UK; Triangelfilm; United International Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Warner Bros. Spain; Warner Sogefilms; Wild Bunch; Wild Bunch AG; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)
Location
Bariloche, Argentina; Madrid, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

Set in 1940s Spain against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain, a fairy tale that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, who is a military officer tasked with 'ridding the area' of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies. With Fascism at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her world through a fable of her own creation.

Crew

Cesar Abades

Special Effects Technician

Oscar Abades

Special Effects Technician

Reyes Abades

Special Effects Supervisor

Luis Aguilar

Plasterer

Victor Albarran

Line Producer

Chris Alexander

Visual Effects

Javier Aliago

Mechanical Special Effects

Barbara Allegue

Location Assistant

Angel Alonso

Special Effects

Carlos Lopez Alonso

Dolly Grip

Guiomar Alonso

Stunt Performer

Israel Herranz Alonso

Assistant

Piti Alonso

Liaison

Silvia Alonso

Production Assistant

Rosa Alvarez

Seamstress Supervisor

Ruth Garcia Alvarez

Driver

Francisco J. Amaro

Assistant Editor

Carlos Andres

Grip

Asier Andueza

Location Assistant

Jose Luis Aranda

Seamstress Supervisor

Juan Carlos Ardura

Driver

Merche Arque

Mechanical Special Effects

Asun Arretxe

Costumes

Galder Arriaga

Apprentice

Belén Atienza

Executive Producer

-lvaro Augustin

Producer

Leire Aurrecoechea

Production Manager

Carlos Ayesa

Auditor

Ivan Baena

Stunt Performer

Arturo Balseiros

Makeup Artist

Christine Barclay

Digital Effects

Cody Barnes

Accountant

Jeffrey T. Barnes

Visual Effects Producer

Miguel Barragan

Special Effects Technician

Jaime Bashkt

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Xavi Bastida

Mechanical Special Effects

Antonio Belon

Camera Assistant

Fernando Benito

Special Effects Technician

Marta Berraondo

Location Assistant

Tomas Gomez Bey

Driver

Sara Bilbatua

Casting Director

Marc Blanes

Score Recording

Marc Blanes

Music

Marc De Blas

Production Assistant

Olga Blazquez

Accounting Assistant

Pedro Bobeanu

Other

Luis Botella

Location Assistant

Ryan Bozajian

Rotoscope Animator

Mike Bozulich

Compositing Supervisor

Ramon Munuz Bravo

Dolly Grip

Cortez Brisca

Other

Felix Buenache

Driver

Everett Burrell

Visual Effects

Brittney Bush

Other

Eugenio Caballero

Production Designer

Jose Manuel Cabello

Dolly Grip

Juan Jose Cabrera

Other

Kirk Cadrette

Lighting Technician

Kirk Cadrette

Lighting Director

Antonio Corral Calvo

Other

Antonio Calvo

Driver

Paco Calzado

Location Assistant

David Jimenez Cambon

Stunt Performer

Cristina Campos

Production Assistant

Diego Herberg Canela

Stunt Performer

Jen Cantwell

Rotoscope Animator

Antonio Perez Caro

Other

Pedro Carpio

Painter

Santiago Casado

Dolly Grip

Jordi Casares

Stunt Coordinator

Enrique Casas

Electrician

Angel Cascajares

Carpenter

Alicia Castro

Assistant Art Director

Jose Manuel Cerdan

Stunt Performer

Federico Del Cerro

Property Master

Manuel Chamorro

Props

Jose Torralba Cid

Carpenter

Tanase Ciprian

Other

Jesus Cortez

Other

Krishnamurti Costa

Animator

Michelle Couttol

Assistant Sound Editor

Michelle Couttolenc

Sound Recordist

Bernadette Couture

Visual Effects

Mario Martin Crespo

Props

Marilo Cruz

Accounting Assistant

Alfonso Cuarón

Producer

Guillermo Cuervo

Driver

Patricia Cuevas

Props

Radu Daniel

Other

Fernando Martinez De Banos

Advisor

Pedro De La Fuente

Construction Coordinator

Angel L. Gomez De La Torre

Stunt Performer

Guillermo Del Toro

Screenplay

Ivan Baena Delgado

Stunt Performer

Sergio Delgado

Camera Assistant

Anahi Denti

Props

Dariush Derakhshani

Matte Painter

Andres Martinez Descalzo

Carpenter

Seydou Dia

Other

Alicia Nicolas Diaz

Driver

Sergio Diaz

Sound Editor

Alejandro Sierra Diez

Painter

Alvaro Diez

Assistant

Domenic Digiorgio

Animator

David Dominguez

Camera Operator

Jose Garcia Donado

Painter

David Ebner

Visual Effects Producer

Patricia Echevarra

Manager

Pablo Echeverria

Illustrator

Aziz Elbaam

Other

Jaroslava Eliaasova

Music

David Raton Escarpa

Driver

Elena Garcia Espinel

Auditor

Gorka Esquisabel

Grip

Alejandro Lopez Estaci

Stunt Performer

Blas Diaz Exposito

Carpenter

Enrique Alberto Feito Santos

Carpenter

Antonio Segura Fernandez

Carpenter

Boris Fernandez

Art Assistant

Martin Sanchez Fernandez

Painter

Ismael Ferrer

Concept Artist

Joe Fineman

Post-Production

Alex Friderici

Cgi Artist

Ron Friedman

Animation Supervisor

Pablo Jimenez Galan

Plasterer

Mariano Gallego

Assistant

Kathi Galloway

Other

Fernando Yubero Gambero

Other

Juan Javier Yubero Gambero

Other

Alvaro Garcia

Camera Trainee

Ariel Garcia

Grip

David Gonzalez Garcia

Driver

Felix Sampablo Garcia

Carpenter

Franciso Soto Garcia

Driver

Jose Cruz Garcia

Driver

Juan Aledo Garcia

Special Effects Technician

Juan Francisco Garcia

Stunt Performer

Manuel Garcia Garcia

Painter

Rebeca Garcia

Coach

Edmundo Gil

Coproducer

Héctor Gil

Props

Phillip Giles

Cgi Artist

Esther Gilli

Illustrator

Carlos Gimenez

Set Designer

Georgina Giotti

Concept Artist

Mandy Goldberg

Post-Production Supervisor

Alejandro Gutierrez Gomez

Unit Director

Fernando Lopez Gomez

Dolly Grip

Jaime Gomez

Production Accountant

Luis Gomez

Painter

Martin Gomez

Editorial Assistant

Martin Gomez

Camera Operator

Angel Gomez Fernandez

Stunt Performer

Juan Roman Gomez Ruiz

Plasterer

Francisco Javier Gonzalez

Sound Department

Guillermo Gonzalez

Sound Department

Jorge Calvo Gonzalez

Unit Director

Jose L. Sepulveda Gonzalez

Other

Miguel Sepulveda Gonzalez

Other

Juan Luis Grande

Driver

Borja Grandio

Unit Director

Olaf Guembe

Camera Assistant

Elvira Guijarro

Makeup Assistant

Ignacio Guijarro

Assistant

Nelly Guimaras

Mechanical Special Effects

Daniel Guirles

Electrician

Raquel Guirro

Mechanical Special Effects

Freddy Guzman

Carpenter

Soo Yuan Han

Animator

George T. Hayum

Legal Counsel

Angel Cascajares Heranz

Carpenter

Alvaro Hernandez

Stunt Performer

Franciso Javier Hernandez

Carpenter

German Garcia Hernandez

Plasterer

Julian Hernandez

Driver

Martin Hernandez

Sound Designer

Joe Hoback

Lighting Director

Joe Hoback

Lighting Technician

Henry Holmes

Legal Counsel

Alberto Hortas

Mechanical Special Effects

Brian Howard

Driver

Michal Hradisky

Rerecording Assistant

Paul Hudson

Software Engineer

Lala Huete

Costume Designer

Wendy Hulbert

Assistant Production Coordinator

Wendy Hulbert

Coordinator

Fernando Hurtado

Driver

Steven Hutchins

Rotoscope Animator

Nick Iannelli

Digital Effects

Cortes Iberica

Other

Vange Ingan

Office Assistant

Edward Irastorza

Visual Effects Producer

Elizabeth Irastorza

Other

David Irusta

Other

Tracy Irwin

Visual Effects

Juan Fernandez Isasi

Assistant

Teresa Isasi

Photography

Ahmad Ismail

Digital Effects

Ana Izquierdo

Production Assistant

Amador Jimenez

Plasterer

Film Details

Also Known As
El Laberinto Del Fauno, Laberinto Del Fauno, Pans labyrint, labyrinthe de Pan
MPAA Rating
Genre
Fantasy
Foreign
Period
Thriller
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Cafefx; Construcciones Moya; Festive; Rafael Servicios De Catering Sl; Soundtrack Group; Telecinco; Telecinco; Todd-Ao; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Picturehouse; Aerofilms, S.R.O.; Asociacia Slovenskych Filmovych Klubov (Asfk); Bir Film; Camera Film; Central Film Verleih Gmbh; Cinema Mondo; Edko Films; Entertainment One; Entertainment One Films Australia Pty, Ltd.; Frenetic Films; Golden Village; Gulf Film, Llc; Kino Swiat International; Myndform; New Line Home Entertainment; Oro Film As; Paradiso Entertainment; Picturehouse; Prime Pr Inc.; Senator Film Verleih; Studiocanal UK; Triangelfilm; United International Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Warner Bros. Spain; Warner Sogefilms; Wild Bunch; Wild Bunch AG; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)
Location
Bariloche, Argentina; Madrid, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Award Wins

Best Art Direction

2006
Eugenio Caballero

Best Art Direction

2006
Pilar Revuelta

Set Decoration

2006

Best Cinematography

2006
Guillermo Navarro

Best Cinematography

2006

Best Makeup

2006

Award Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film

2006

Best Original Screenplay

2006

Best Score

2006

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Picturehouse acquired North American distribution rights at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival for a reported sum of $6 million.

Released in United States Winter December 29, 2006

Limited Release in United States December 29, 2006 (NY, LA)

Released in United States on Video May 15, 2007

Released in United States 2006 (Shown at New York Film Festival (Closing Night) September 29-October 15, 2006.)

Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (2007 Best of Fest, Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film, Talking Pictures) January 4-15, 2007.)

Winner of the FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Released in United States Winter December 29, 2006

Limited Release in United States December 29, 2006

Released in United States on Video May 15, 2007

Released in United States 2006

Released in United States January 2007

Shown at New York Film Festival (Closing Night) September 29-October 15, 2006.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (2007 Best of Fest, Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film, Talking Pictures) January 4-15, 2007.

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