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PAN’S LABYRINTH Series: The 44th New York Film Festival [Sept 29 - Oct 15 2006] Director: Guillermo del Toro, Country: Spain/Mexico, Release: 2006, Runtime: 112 Closing Night Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s passionate, exquisitely crafted new movie has the potency of genuine myth. In 1944, young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) travels to a sprawling old house in the dark forests of northern Spain. Her mother is ready to give birth to a baby fathered by her new husband, the monstrous fascist Captain Vidal (Sergi López, the very incarnation of pitch black evil). As the rebel forces close in, Ofelia escapes to a treacherous yet alluring underworld ruled by the fearsome creature Pan (Doug Jones). She is called upon to carry out a series of perilous tasks in an effort to save the life of her unborn brother, but then she’s faced with a darker question: Into what kind of world will this child be born? In an era of cut-rate fantasizing, del Toro’s eye-popping movie gives us something virtually unprecedented in contemporary cinema: A world of wonders, where the historical, the political and the mythological become one. preceded by LUMP Faye Jackson, UK, 2006, 12 min. Trust me, I'm a doctor. Yeah, right. (Warning: not for the faint of heart.) Screening at Avery Fisher Hall, southwest corner of 65th Street & Broadway.

Buy Tickets Sun Oct 15: 8:30* *Avery Fisher Hall