Best Mexican movie...

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I have to share the wonderful experience I had watching that movie...it is a MUST see. It is in Spanish only but subtitled.

Quote wikipedia: link text Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, "The Faun's Labyrinth") is a 2006 Spanish language fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro.

Pan's Labyrinth takes place in Spain, in May and June, 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the Franquist reign. The narrative of the film interweaves this real world with a fantasy world centred around an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with which the main character Ofelia interacts. Ofelia's stepfather, the Falangist Captain Vidal, hunts the Spanish Maquis, communists who fight against the Franco reign in the region, while Ofelia's pregnant mother grows increasingly ill. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden. The film employs make-up, animatronics and CGI effects to create its creatures.

Pan's Labyrinth has won numerous international awards, including three Academy Awards, the Ariel Award for Best Picture and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. The movie was filmed in a Scots Pine forest situated in the Guadarrama mountain range, Central Spain.

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Answer 1

I still haven't gotten around to watching this movie to the end

The nose-smashing scene almost made me turn it off :(

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Hey. Nice thread on films there. (There are more too if you do a search.)

I must watch Pan's Labyrinth again!

Answer 3

Los Cronocrimenes. Time travel thriller. Fantastic.

Edit: It's probably not Mexican though.

Answer 4

I just watched this, it was amazing. Captain Vidal is one of the most despicable, frightening characters I have ever seen in a movie.

I could understand much of it too. Not most, but a lot!