The film was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pan's Labyrinth premiered on at the Cannes Film Festival. However, del Toro has stated that the faun in the film is not Pan. The original Spanish title refers to the fauns of Roman mythology, while the English, German and French titles refer specifically to the faun-like Greek deity Pan. The film employs make-up, animatronics, and CGI effects to bring life to its creatures.ĭel Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, influenced by fairy tales, and that it addresses and continues themes related to his earlier film The Devil's Backbone (2001), to which Pan's Labyrinth is a spiritual successor, according to del Toro in his director's DVD commentary. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden. Ofelia's stepfather, the Falangist Captain Vidal, hunts the Spanish Maquis who fight against the Francoist regime in the region, while Ofelia's pregnant mother Carmen grows increasingly ill. The narrative intertwines this real world with a mythical world centered on an overgrown, abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with whom the main character, Ofelia, interacts. The story takes place in Spain during the summer of 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the early Francoist period.

A Spanish-Mexican production, the film stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil. Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, lit.'The Labyrinth of the Faun') is a 2006 fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro.

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