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The Film Pan's Labyrinth
The movie Pans Labyrinth, opens with a young girl named Ofelia. She is lying down and appears to be dead as blood beings to run back up her nose. The viewer can acknowledge that the third person narration during the beginning of the film is the faun. Ofelia meets the faun when she enters the labyrinth, from there he gives her three tasks to complete before the moon is full. Ofelia is warned about the faun from Mercedes. She cautions Ofelia about what her mother once told her, fauns cannot be trusted. Ofelia, and her pregnant mother Carmen, are traveling to the mill to greet Captain Vidal; he is Carmen’s second husband. Ofelia carries multiple books with her about faeries and fairy-tales. During the drive, Carmen suddenly feels very sick from

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