Pan's Labyrinth

In addition to providing an excellent material to work with the use of language , this film also offers the opportunity to show how often cinema uses parallel dimensions: the real and the imaginary worlds. The technique can be adopted both to construct metaphors as well as to explain complex issues in an easier way.

The director of Pan's Labyrinth utilises both techniques to show his vision of a great historic event and to make us understand the importance of imagination as a way to escape  reality at the most difficult moments of life.

This educational resource also suggests two activities to develop students' critical thinking. Depending on the teacher’s objective, one or the two activities can be carried out. However, in both cases we advice to analyse before the key moments of the film and the message that the director tries to convey by mixing reality and fantasy.