"Spain, 1944" "The Civil War is over." "Hidden in the mountains, armed men are still fighting the new Fascist regime." "Military posts are established to exterminate the Resistance." "A long time ago, in the Underground Realm, where there are no lies or pain, there lived a princess who dreamt of the human world." "She dreamt of blue skies, soft breeze and sunshine." "One day, eluding her keepers, the princess escaped." "Once outside, the brightness blinded her and erased every trace of the past from her memory." "She forgot who she was and where she came from." "Her body suffered cold, sickness and pain." "Eventually, she died." "However, her father, the king, always knew that the Princess' soul would return, perhaps in another body, in another place, at another time." "And he would wait for her, until he drew his last breath, until the world stopped turning..." "I don't understand why you had to bring so many books, Ofelia." "We're going to the country, the outdoors." "Fairy tales?" "You're a bit too old to be filling your head with such nonsense." "Ask him to stop the car, please." "Ofelia, wait." "Your brother's not well." "Madam, are you okay?" "Madam, do you need anything?" "It's nothing." "Just give me a little water." "Water." "Water for the Captain's wife." "Ofelia?" "Ofelia, come here." "I saw a fairy." "Just look at your shoes!" "Let's go." "When we get to the mill, come out to greet the Captain." "I want you to call him Father." "You have no idea how good he's been to us." "Captain, here they come." "15 minutes late." "Carmen." "Welcome." "That's not necessary." "I can walk perfectly well." "Doctor Ferreiro prefers that you don't exert yourself." "No." "Come." "Do it for me." "Thank you." "Ofelia, come out." "Say hi to the Captain." "Ofelia." "It's the other hand, Ofelia." "Mercedes!" " Bring their luggage." " Yes, sir." "It's a labyrinth." "Just a pile of rocks that have always been here." "Even before the mill." "Better not to go in there." "You may get lost." "Thank you." "Have you read them all?" "Mercedes!" "The Captain is calling." "Your father needs me." "He's not my father." "The Captain is not my father." "My father was a tailor." "He died in the war." "The Captain is not my father." "You've made that clear enough." "Shall we go?" "Have you seen my mother?" " Isn't she beautiful!" " Yes." "She's sick because of the baby." "Did you notice?" "The guerrillas are sticking to the woods because it's hard to track them down up there." "Those bastards know the terrain better than any of us." "We'll block their access to the woods." "Food, medicine, everything will have to pass through us." "We need to force them down, make them come to us." "Yes, Captain." "We'll set up three new command posts." "Here, here and here." "Mercedes." "Ask Dr. Ferreiro to come down." "Yes, sir." "This will help you sleep through the night." "Just two drops just before bed." "Two drops only." "Very good." "All of it." "Good." "Don't hesitate to call me if you need anything." "Day or night." "You or your nurse." "Good night." "Close the door and turn off the lights, sweetie." "You have to go up and see him there." "The wound is getting worse." "His leg isn't any better." "This is all I could get." "I'm sorry." "Vidal is waiting for you in his office." "Come here, Ofelia." "Jesus, your feet." "They're frozen, sweetie." "Are you afraid?" "A little." "What's that noise?" "Nothing, baby, just the wind." "Nights here are different from city nights." "There, you hear cars, trains." "Here the houses are old." "They creak." "Almost like they're speaking." "Tomorrow I'm going to give you a surprise." " A surprise?" " Yes." " A book?" " No, something much better." "Why did you have to get married?" "I was alone too long." "I'm with you." "You weren't alone." "You were never alone." "When you're older, you'll understand." "It hasn't been easy for me either." "Your brother's acting up." "Tell him one of your stories." "I'm sure he'll calm down." "My brother, my brother..." "Many, many years ago, in a sad, faraway land, there was an enormous mountain made of rough, black stone." "At sunset, on top of that mountain, a rose blossomed every night that made whoever plucked it immortal." "But no one dared go near it because its thorns were full of lethal poison." "The men talked amongst themselves about their fear of death, and pain, but never about the promise of eternal life." "So every day, the rose wilted unable to bequeath its gift to anyone... forgotten and lost at the top of that cold, dark mountain, forever alone, until the end of time." "Come in." " How is she?" " Very weak." "She'll have as much rest as as she needs." "I'll sleep down here." "And my son?" "Excuse us, Captain..." "And my son, how is he?" "For the moment, there's no reason to be alarmed." "Very good." "Captain, your wife should not have traveled at such a late stage of pregnancy." " Is that your opinion?" " My professional opinion, yes, sir." "A son should be born wherever his father is." "That's all." "One more thing, Captain." "What makes you so sure it's a boy?" "Don't fuck with me." "At 8 o'clock, we detected activity in the northwestern sector." "Gunfire." "Sergeant Bayona searched the sector and captured a suspect." "The other one's his son, here from the town." "Captain, my father is an honorable man." "Let me judge that." "Take your hat off in front of me." "We found this weapon on him." "It's been fired." "My father was hunting rabbits, Captain." "Shut up, damn it." ""No God, Government, or Master" ?" " Really?" "My ass." " Red propaganda, Captain." " It's not propaganda, sir." " Shh." "It's an old almanac, Captain." "We're just farmers." "Go on." "I went up into the woods, Captain..." "to hunt for rabbits." "For my daughters." "They're sick." "Rabbits." "Okay." "Captain, if my father says so, he was hunting rabbits." "Leave him alone." "You killed him, you killed him!" "Murderer!" "Son of a bitch!" "Maybe you'll learn to search these assholes properly before you come bothering me." "Yes, Captain." "Mother." "Mother, wake up!" "Mother, there's something in the room." "Hello." "Did you follow me here?" "Are you a fairy?" "Look!" "This is a fairy." "You want me to go with you?" "Outside?" "Where?" "Hello?" "Echo." "Hello?" "It's you." "It's you." "You've returned." "Don't be frightened, I beg you." "Look." "My name is Ofelia." "Who are you?" "Me?" "I've had so many names..." "Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce." "I am the mountain, the forest and the earth." "I am..." "I am a faun." "Your most humble servant, Your Highness." " No, I'm" " You're Princess Moanna, daughter of the king of the underworld." "My father was a tailor." "You are not born of man." "It was the moon that bore you." "Look on your left shoulder and you will find a mark that proves it." "Your real father had us open portals all over the world to allow your return." "This is the last of them." "But we have to make sure that your essence is intact, that you have not become a mortal." "You must complete three tasks before the moon is full." "This is The Book of Crossroads." "Open it, when you are alone and it will show you your future, show you what must be done." "But there's nothing in here." "Mercedes, prepare these rabbits for dinner tonight." "They are too young." " Well, see if they'll do for a stew." " Yes, sir." "This coffee was burnt." "Taste it yourself." "You should keep an eye on it." "As you wish, sir." "Cook these." " He didn't like the coffee." " He's nothing but a fussy dandy." "A fussy dandy." "We're going to need some beef and one more chicken." " Where are we supposed to find that?" " The doctor's wife, the mayor's too." "Well, they eat more than a couple of pigs." " And they don't shut up." " Not even underwater." "I'll be back in a moment, Mercedes." "Ofelia." "Your father is giving a dinner party tonight." "Look what I've made you." "Do you like it?" "What I wouldn't have given to have a dress as fine as this when I was little!" "And look at these shoes." "Do you like them?" "Yes, they're very pretty." "Go on, now." "Take your bath." "Tree" "Once upon a time, when the forest was young, it was home to creatures who were full of magic and wonder." "The forest dwellers slept in the shade of a colossal fig tree... that grew on a hill near the mill." "But now, the tree is dying." "Its branches are dry." "Ofelia?" "Ofelia?" "Hurry up." "I want to see the dress on you." "I want you to be beautiful for the Captain." "You'll look like a princess." "A princess?" "Make sure those chickens are cleaned properly." "And don't forget the beans." "You look marvelous, my girl, just beautiful." "What a gorgeous dress!" "Get back to work, stop wasting time." "Do you want some milk with honey?" "Move back, we can't have you getting milk on your dress, with you looking so pretty." "Mercedes." "Do you believe in fairies?" "No." "But when I was a little girl, I did." "I believed in a lot of things I don't believe anymore." "Last night, a fairy visited me." "Really?" "And it wasn't alone, there were lots of them," " and a faun, too." " A faun?" "He was very old, very tall and smelled like earth." "My mother warned me to be wary of fauns." "Mercedes!" "Come with me." "Captain, everything is here." "Flour, salt, oil, medicine, olives, bacon..." "Tobacco." "And the ration cards." " I need you to make an inventory." " Very well." "Mercedes." " The key." " Yes, sir." " Is this the only copy?" " The only one." "From now on, I'll carry it." "Captain." "Captain, perhaps it's nothing." "It's them." ""Once upon a time, when the forest was young, it was home to creatures who were full of magic and wonder."" ""They protected one another, and slept in the shade of a colossal fig tree that grew on a hill, near the mill."" ""But now, the tree is dying." "Its branches are dry, its trunk old and twisted." "A monstrous toad has settled in its roots and won't let the tree thrive." "You must put the three magis stones in the toad's mouth and retrieve the golden key from inside his belly." "Only then will the fig tree flourish again."" "They were here less than twenty minutes ago." "They left in a hurry." "A dozen men, at most." "Antibiotics." "Shit, they forgot this lottery ticket." "They're here." "Those sons of bitches are here... and they're watching us." "Hey!" "You left this behind!" "And your lottery ticket!" "Why don't you come back and get it?" "This could be your lucky day!" "Hello." "I'm Princess Moanna, and I'm not afraid of you." "Aren't you ashamed living down here, eating all the insects... and growing fat while the tree dies?" "Hey!" "Have you checked in her room?" " And the garden?" " Yes, ma'am." "Where has she run off to?" "This way, please." "Let me to introduce you to my wife, Carmen." " Enchanted." " A pleasure to meet you." "From now on, one ration card per family." "Take a look at them." " One?" " Only one." "Captain, I'm not sure it'll be enough." "If people are careful, it should be plenty." "We can't allow anyone to send food to the guerillas in the mountains." "They're losing ground, and one of them is wounded." "Excuse me, Captain, how can you be so sure?" "We almost got them today." "We found this." "Antibiotics." "God has already taken care of their souls." "What happens to their bodies hardly matters to Him." "We'll help you in any way we can, Captain." "We know you're not here by choice." "You're wrong about that." "I choose to be here because I want my son to be born in a new, cleansed Spain." "Because these people hold the mistaken belief thet we're all equal." "But there's a big difference:" "the war is over and we won." "And if we need to kill every one of these vermin to settle it, then we'll kill them all, and that's that." "We're all here by choice." "By choice!" "Put the coffee on." "I'm going for more wood." "We'll take care of it." "Ofelia?" "Look at you." "How did you and the Captain meet?" "Ofelia's father used to make the Captain's uniforms." "And after he died, I went to work at the shop." "A little more than a year ago, the Captain and I met again." "Curious, isn't it!" "Finding each other after so much time?" "Curious, very curious." "Please, forgive my wife." "She hasn't been exposed to the world." "She thinks these silly stories are interesting to others." "Excuse me, madam..." "Excuse me." "Have I told you that I was acquainted with your father, Captain?" "No." "I had no idea." "In Morocco." "I knew him only briefly, but he left a great impression." "An excellent soldier." "The men in his battalion said that when General Vidal died on the battlefield, he smashed his watch on a rock so that his son would know the exact hour and minute of his death." "So he would know how a brave man dies." "Nonsense." "He didn't own a watch." "What you've done hurts me." "When you've finished your bath, you'll go to bed without dinner." "Are you listening?" "Sometimes I think you'll never learn to behave." "You've disappointed me, Ofelia." "And your father, too." "You mean the Captain?" "Him more than me." "I've got the key." "Take me to the Labyrinth." "Hello." "I got the key out." "That's me, and the girl is you." "And the baby?" "You retrieved the key." "I'm glad." "She believed in you from the very beginning." "She's so glad you succeeded." "Keep the key." "You'll be needing it very soon." "And this too..." "a piece of chalk." "Two tasks remain and the moon is almost full." "Be patient." "We'll soon be strolling through the seven circular gardens of your palace." "How do I know that what you say is true?" "Why would a poor little faun like me lie to you?" "Proceed." "Have your cards ready for inspection." "Let's go." "Your name?" "Your names, first and last." "Narciso Pena Soriano, at your service." "This is our daily bread in Franco's Spain kept safe in this mill!" "The Reds lie... because in a united Spain, there's not a single home without fire or bread." "Come on, show me what happens now?" "Show me." "Ofelia..." "This is our daily bread in Franco's Spain, kept safe in this mill." "Captain!" "Captain!" "The Reds lie when they say there's hunger in Spain..." " Come quickly." " ...because in a united Spain, there's not a single home without fire or bread." "This is our daily bread in Franco's Spain..." "Your wife needs uninterrupted rest." "She'll have to be sedated most of the time." "The girl should sleep somewhere else." "I'll stay here until the birth." "Make her well." "I don't care what it costs or what you need." "Make her well." "Don't worry." "Your mother will get better soon, you'll see." "Having a baby is complicated." "Then I'll never have one." "You're helping the men in the woods, aren't you?" "Have you told anyone?" "No, I haven't." "I don't want anything bad to happen to you." "Nor I to you." "Do you know a lullaby?" "Only one... but I don't remember the words." "I don't care." "I still want to hear it." "Don't be afraid." "It's only me." " Are you ready?" " Yes." "Then let's go." "This is sheer madness." "When that man finds out about us, he'll kill us all." " Have you thought about that?" " Are you so afraid of him, Doctor?" "It's not fear... at least not for myself." "Pedro, Pedro, my brother." " You didn't carry out the task." " No, my mother is sick." "That's no excuse for negligence." "Look..." "this is a mandrake root." "A plant that dreamt of being human." "Put it under your mother's bed in a bowl of fresh milk." "Each morning, give it two drops of blood." "Now, we have no time to waste." "The full moon will be upon us." "Take my pets to guide you through." "You're going to a very dangerous place, so be careful." "The thing that slumbers there, it is not human." "You will see a sumptuous feast, but don't eat or drink anything." "Absolutely nothing." "Your life depends on it." "I've brought some Orujo, tobacco, cheese." "Mail for Trigo and Piloto." "Let's see how that leg is doing, Frenchie." "How do you think it's doing?" "It's fucked up." "Let's see." "...N-North American," "British and Canadian troops disembarked on a small beach in the North of F-F..." " France, stuttering idiot." " France." "More than 150,000 soldiers... under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower..." "Is it really bad, doctor?" "Look, Frenchie..." "There's no way to save it." "I'll try to make it as easy as possible." "Wait a second, doctor, just a second."