Pan's Labyrinth Plot Summary

Set in 1944 fascist Spain, this movie is about a little girl named Ofelia, who travels with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather. Ofelia soon finds out that his stepfather, Captain Vidal, is the strict and ruthless leader of the Spanish Army. It seems like he doesn’t even care for her or her mother, but only for the baby soon to be born for him to carry Captain Vidal’s name. Ofelia tries to disregard this through reading her books and just let her imagination take her mind off her life. One day, her imagination comes to life as she discovers a fairy on the day of her arrival at her new home, which takes her to a faun. The faun tells her that she is a princess of underground world and that she must complete three daunting tasks to prove it. These tasks, along with adjusting to her new, difficult life with her stepfather, take Ofelia to an adventure she cannot possibly ignore.