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Another film that does a tremendous job of seamlessly weaving genres together, Guillermo del Toro s
Pan s Labyrinth is surely up there among the greatest movies of the 2000s. Set in 1944 in civil war-torn Spain, the film tells the story of a 12-year-old girl, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), who disappears into a fantasy realm to escape the very real violence raging around her. There are some images and moments in this movie that will stick with you for a long time: the sinister figure of the faun, the creeping dread of the pale man, and the nightmarish reality of Ofelia s stepfather Capitán Vidal (Sergi López), whose brutal rule over his men and household makes him a genuinely unnerving antagonist.