Alla listeners, I'm Martina Castro and I'm so happy to welcome you to the newest season of the

Duo Lingo Spanish Podcast. Duos Film Club.

This season we have hand-picked our favorite movies to help boost your language

learning. With film critics as our guides we're going to dive into some of the most treasured

films from the Spanish-speaking world.

And whether you've seen the movie or not, by the end of each episode, you're going to get a

sense of what makes each movie so special. Of course, we'll have our signature bilingual format so you can enjoy the

episode all while practicing your Spanish listening skills.

Here's how it's going to go.

First, we'll review the basic plot of the film.

Then we'll share one of our favorite scenes.

And to wrap up, we'll get into some fun facts that might surprise you.

And for those of you who've already seen the film, we're going to reveal an extra bonus fun fact.

Except, it's a spoiler.

Don't worry, we'll give you fair warning if you want to skip it. Okay, let's get started. Our first movie pick is Pan's Labyrinth. It's known across Latin America in Spain as

El Laberinto of Fano and it's a masterpiece by the Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro.

He's from Mexico but the movie is set in Spain back in the 1940s.

It was released in 2006 and it didn't take long for it to become a cult classic, mostly because of its stunning visual effects and its fantastical

storyline.

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the imagination and a event to historical

mui dramatic.

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