TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Genre: Drama
• Plot: CRONOS * THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE * PAN'S LABYRINTH; ; Throughout a career that encompasses both visually arresting art-house hits and big-budget Hollywood spectacles, director Guillermo del Toro has continually redefined and elevated the horror genre with his deeply personal explorations of myths and monsters. These three Spanish-language films, each a tale of childhood in troubled times, showcase his singular fusion of the fantastic and the real. Drawing inspiration from a rich variety of sources, from Alfred Hitchcock to Francisco de Goya, the gothic-infused stories collected here — populated by vampires, ghosts, and a fairy-tale princess — make evident why del Toro is considered the master cinematic fabulist of our time. ; ; -------; CRONOS; Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with 'Cronos', a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) happens upon an ancient golden device in the shape of a scarab, and soon finds himself the possessor and victim of its sinister, addictive powers, as well as the target of a mysterious American named Angel (a delightfully crude and deranged Ron Perlman). Featuring marvelous special makeup effects and the haunting imagery for which del Toro has become world-renowned, 'Cronos' is a dark, visually rich, and emotionally captivating fantasy.; ; THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE; One of the most personal film by Guillermo del Toro, 'The Devil's Backbone' is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.; ; PAN'S LABYRINTH; An Academy Award-winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, 'Pan's Labyrinth' encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro. Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Francisco Franco's army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child's imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.;
• Runtime: 5:19
• Media Format: Movie