Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish language dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, a Spanish and Mexican co-production set in Falangist Spain in 1944, several years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. It follows a young girl named Ofelia who, after moving with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a sadistic army officer hunting anti-Franco guerrillas, encounters a faun who tells her she is the reincarnation of an underworld princess and sets her three dangerous tasks. The film won three Academy Awards, for Art Direction, Cinematography and Makeup, and is widely praised for blending brutal historical realism with dark fairy tale fantasy.
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Original Language AwardHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form 1 AwardNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film 1 Release Year FAQs
Did Pan's Labyrinth win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
The Foreign Language Film Oscar went to The Lives of Others; Pan's Labyrinth won three other Oscars.
No. At the 79th Academy Awards the Foreign Language Film award went to The Lives of Others, accepted for Germany. Pan's Labyrinth won three other Oscars at that ceremony, for Art Direction, Cinematography and Makeup.
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Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, lit. 'The Labyrinth of the Faun') is a 2006 Spanish-language dark fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish language dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, a Spanish and Mexican co-production set in Falangist Spain in 1944, several years after the end of the Spanish Civil War.
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Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, lit. 'The Labyrinth of the Faun') is a 2006 Spanish-language dark fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, lit. 'The Labyrinth of the Faun') is a 2006 Spanish-language dark fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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