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So, that's one strand of the story. in another strand, cruz�*s character is trying to excavate a mass grave in her hometown from the civil war, so there are two stories. parallel mothers, parallel stories, personal and political, which sounds like a fascinating combination. if you think of the films of guillermo del toro, like the devil's backbone or pan's labyrinth, he's managed to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. it beautifully designed and beautifully played and a well—written script with great performances and a wonderful score. and it sounds like a perfect match. the proble...

In another strand, penelope cruz�*s character is trying to excavate a mass grave in her hometown from the civil war, so there are two stories. parallel mothers, parallel stories, personal and political, which sounds like a really fascinating combination. and if you think of the films of guillermo del toro, like the devil's backbone or pan's labyrinth, he's managed to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. here's the thing with this, it's beautifully designed, beautifully played — a very well—written script with great performances, wonderful score. and it sounds like a perfect match....

You get a sense from that of the sort of sombre creepy tone of it. i want and it's a film about which is about social problems, domestic abuse, poverty. 0n the other hand it's a fantasy film. if you think of the devil's backbone which this makes specific reference to, it does nothing about melding reality and fantasy. i think this is only partly successful. there are some bits in it that are like creature feature like pumpkin head. there are other things in it that are really about the grim, gritty reality of life. and i don't think they fully got the parts to match up with that, but i do thin...