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In a fairy tale, Princess Moanna, whose father is the king of the underworld, visits the human world, where the sunlight blinds her and erases her memory. She becomes mortal and eventually dies. The king believes that eventually, her spirit will return to the underworld, so he builds labyrinths around the world which act as portals, in preparation for her return.

Ofelia and the Labyrinth

In 1944 Francoist Spain, ten-year-old Ofelia travels with her pregnant mother Carmen to meet Captain Vidal, her new stepfather. Vidal, a Civil Guard officer and devotee of Falangism, has been assigned to hunt down the Spanish Maquis. A large stick insect, which Ofelia believes to be a fairy, leads Ofelia into an ancient stone labyrinth, but she is stopped by Vidal’s housekeeper Mercedes, who is secretly supporting her brother Pedro and other members of the Maquis.

That night, the insect appears in Ofelia’s bedroom, where it transforms into a fairy and leads her through the labyrinth. There, she meets a faun, who believes she is the reincarnation of Princess Moanna. He gives her a book and tells her she will find in it three tasks to complete in order for her to acquire immortality and return to her kingdom.

Challenges and Sacrifices

Ofelia completes the first task — retrieving a key from the belly of a giant toad — but becomes worried about her mother, whose condition is worsening. The faun gives Ofelia a mandrake root, instructing her to keep it under Carmen’s bed and regularly supply it with blood, which seems to ease Carmen’s illness. Accompanied by three fairy guides and equipped with a piece of magic chalk, Ofelia then completes the second task — retrieving a dagger from the lair of the Pale Man, a child-eating monster.

Warned not to consume anything there, she eats two grapes, awakening the Pale Man. He devours two of the fairies and chases Ofelia, but she manages to escape. Infuriated at her disobedience, the faun refuses to give Ofelia the third task.

Tragic Endings and Redemption

During this time, Ofelia becomes aware of Vidal’s ruthlessness in the course of hunting down the Maquis. After killing two local farmers, Vidal interrogates and tortures a captive member of the Maquis. Realising that Ferreiro is collaborating with the Maquis, Vidal kills him and catches Ofelia tending to the mandrake root, which Vidal considers delusional. Carmen agrees and throws the root into the fire, leading to her death.

A discovered spy, Mercedes tries to escape with Ofelia, but they are caught. Ofelia is locked in her bedroom, while Mercedes is taken to be interrogated. Mercedes stabs Vidal non-lethally in her escape to re-join the Maquis. The faun returns and tells Ofelia to complete the third task by bringing her newborn brother into the labyrinth, but Ofelia refuses to harm her brother.

The Final Sacrifice and Eternal Rest

Vidal takes the baby from Ofelia’s arms before shooting her. As the Maquis launch an attack, Mercedes stabs Vidal to death. Ofelia meets the faun at the centre of the labyrinth, where she chooses to spill her own blood instead of harming her brother. This act leads her to the underworld, where she reunites with her royal family and rules with kindness and justice for many centuries.

The epilogue reveals that Princess Moanna’s legacy lives on in the underworld, leaving little traces in the human realm, “visible only to those who know where to look.”