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Pan’s Labyrinth – Poetic pathos
So it lost the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film. Without having even seen the other nominees namely, Apocalypto, Das Leben der Anderen, Letters From Iwo Jima and Volver, it is my unapologetically biased opinion that El Laberinto del Fauno should have won.
It should have won for bringing back the magic in cinema. It should have won for its originality, its vision in melding extremes of human brutality and imagination, and for its rich, poetic and haunting visuals.
Set in the 1940s during the Spanish civil war, Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl’s world taking a turn she does not like – her mother marries a Spanish Captain and now pregnant, travels with her to the rural countryside where the Captain is stationed.
The Captain is a brutal man who cares neither for the girl nor her mother and life borders on the unbearable. The girl escapes into her fantasy world where roam fauns and fairies, however it is not all a fairytale as even then, she has make some hard decisions, go through tests and trials to find ultimate happiness.
Much has been discussed about the director’s intent on using some characters and scenes to symbolise the catholic church, religion and politics but you can enjoy the film even at its most basic level – that of an edgey fantasy. Pan’s Labyrinth brings respect back to the fantasy genre after the overhyped and infantile “Narnia”.
Do yourself a favour and go see this masterpiece on the big screen where it deserves to be seen. Be intrigued, be thrilled and above all, be moved.
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