A dark drama film spoken in Spanish and directed by Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth has won Academy Awards for its cinematography and art direction. The story is set in 1940s Spain and centers around a girl named Ofelia (11-year-old Ivana Baquero). Her cruel stepfather commands an army unit charged with killing guerrillas, but she bonds with the housekeeper (Maribel Verdú), who is secretly working with the rebels. Ofelia deals with her dreadful real life by escaping into a fantasy world where a faun tells her she may be a princess.