"Ofelia’s odyssey is all for the sake of reaching a place beyond death." Shade Bannigan Davis questions how humans chase the myth of immortality in 'Pan's Labyrinth' (2006).

Pan's Labyrinth is unashamedly a fantasy yarn, but freighted with enough political subtext and visceral human cruelty to transcend the genre's geekboy reputation. Admittedly some of Ofelia's ...