In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herelf to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again.film about World War II period, the 12 -year-old Spain girl Ophelia with her mother and stepfather to travel in the country of northern Spain . Ophelia 's stepfather Captain Vidal is a fascist officer , the task is to suppress the rebels . Lonely , sensitive Ophelia every day witnessed the unpleasant events ... feel a sense of humiliation from the stepfather , her repressed life , in his heart to create a fantasy world , there are many fantastic things in order to escape. In their home behind the house , she found an abandoned maze , and to know the guardian of this maze , half-human, half goat god Pan ( Greek mythology the god of the mountains and livestock ) , Pan reveals her true identity , she is a Princess to return to their kingdom , three challenges must be completed before the full moon ... in the post-war depression years , Ophelia must face the limits of their own dream world , create their own world must be completed task ...
