Set in post-civil war Spain, the movie is a grown-up parable on the terrible effects of war. To cope with the harsh reality, Ofelia creates an imaginary world of fairies and fauns, where she is the long-lost Princess Moanna out to revive her magical kingdom. While battling giant toads and cannibalistic monsters, she has to deal with her cold-blooded stepfather Captain Vidal, her frail mother Carmen who is due to give birth, and revolutionaries who have infiltrated the household. In the end, the captain shoots her point-blank in the nearby labyrinth for stealing his first-born son. By the time he came out of the labyrinth, the guerrillas have overrun the mill and taken over his camp and was waiting for him. 
As Ofelia lays dying, she arrives at the majestic court of the underworld, and her royal parents tell her that by sacrificing herself instead of an innocent (her brother), she has passed the final test. Happy or sad ending, you decide.Trivia: Did you know that the stick insects used in the filming are credited as Cheech and Chong?
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