The movie I watched was the Spanish foreign film Pan's Labyrinth. Even though it is foreign to us, most would call it a fantasy film. I found it to be both. The fantasy in the story became so real that I ended up balling an hour after the movie had ended. The little girl who is 11 years old and also named Ofelia was such a great actress, and you found yourself falling in love with her. Pan's Labyrinth contains fauns and fairies in the meantime being about a war. The war that was in the film took place after the civil war in Spain at a camp. Ofelia had a pregnant mother that died and dispised her stepfather, the Falangist, Captain Vidal. He was a brutal man with no heart. He would hunt down rebels surrounding his camp and would have them killed in no time. When Ofelia arrives to the camp she finds a labyrinth, also known as a maze, and meets a faun. He gives her three tasks and she must complete them following certain rules. Facing the realities of the crappy situations Ofelia is put in, fantasizing about these mystical creatures helps her through her life. The movie starts at the end of her story and the film retells her story, sort of like a flashback. This foreign, moving, fantastic film is filled with interesting creatures and a story that makes you cry but smile. I'm the sort of person that loves romantic comedies. This movie is no where near the genre. This is a dramatic, fantasy film brings takes you on an adventure that ends sadly. Hence why I cried for an hour after it ended. I definately recommend it to someone who would like to see a very moving and serious film and wouldn't mind reading subtitles.
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Nice work Ali, I might just have to see that movie! But you cried for an hour after? That's a little intense so maybe not so much. But that fantasy part sounds cool and yeaaahh Ali you would pick a spanish movie!
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