A Reds version of one of my favorite films:
Pan's Kingdom is a 2006 Spanish-Mexican co-produced dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
The film opens in a small unnamed Mexican village in 1934. The country is still going through its agarian revolution, and collectivization. Young naive Ofelia lives with her mother, after her father is killed during the fighting. She spends her days going through her family's small farming fields, daydreaming. Her mother, Carmen begins a relationship with a local Army chief, General Vidal,one who intends to remain loyal to the government at all costs and prevent the communist takeover. She is now pregnant by the General. One day, Ofelia finds a small insect, whom she assumes to be a fairy. The insect leads Ofelia to a strange entrance. However, her mother stops her from going in, not able to actually see the entrance. However, later, she wakes up to find the same insect, who leads her to the entrance, where a mythical faun finds her. The faun proclaims her the reincarnation of the "Guardian of Worlds", and instructs her to achieve three tasks to achieve immortality and do her duty.
Meanwhile, with news of Mexico City's fall looming, Vidal announces that the Federales will increase activities in the village to root out any Communist or Zapatismo rebel. This is bad news for a group of Marxist rebels hiding in a small village, one of whom works secretly as a maid in the General's household. Ofelia achieves her first task by getting a key out of the belly of a giant toad safely. Her mother has a somewhat difficult pregnancy, so the Faun instructs her to find a Mandrake root from a "Child eating monster" to help her mother. Despite being told not eat any of the monster's feast, Ofelia accidentally eats two grapes, prompting the monster to wake up, and chases her. The Faun is enraged at her disobidenience, and refuses to issue the third task. Meanwhile, Vidal tortures several captured rebels, but after his doctor euthanizes a few of them (exposing himself as a Marxist collaborator), he finds Ofelia with the Mandrake root. Carmen, enraged under the stress of pregnancy, throws the root into the fire, which causes her immense pain. She eventually dies giving birth to the child. However, Vidal learns that the maid, Mercedes, is the spy. While Mercedes protect Ofelia by locking her away. The Faun approaches her, and states that he will forgives Ofelia's transgression, and give her the final task. She takes her newborn half brother away, causing Vidal to give chase.
At the climax, it's revealed that Mexico City has fallen, and the rebels begin their battle with the Federales. Soon, they overtake them, and quickly take over the village. After heading out into the fields, she finally sees the Faun, who instructs her to shed the blood of her brother. When she refuses, the Faun disappears, and General Vidal confronts her. He shots her at point-blank range. However, he is confronted by the rebels, who have taken over the town. Realizing that his cause is lost, he hands over the child, and is killed without another word.
The film ends with Ofelia waking up in the new kingdom, whom she now has the duty to protect, with the Faun revealing that the final test was actually a trick to see if she would spill the blood of an innocent.
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