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Pan's Labyrinth
“Innocence has a power evil cannot imagine.”
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) is a fantasy, drama, war film directed by Guillermo del Toro. On Plot-hole, players averaged 2.4/5, with 68% solving the puzzle and 32% failing it, making it the #68 hardest puzzle of 181 in the archive. In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
Plot-hole Difficulty: Hard
2.4/5
Avg Score
68%
Solved
32%
Failed
245
Players
#68
Difficulty Rank
The Plot-hole Puzzle
Puzzle #183 · September 18, 2026 · answer revealed below
The Setup (Clue 5)
Spain during the aftermath of its civil war.
The Character (Clue 4)
A young girl moves with her mother to her new stepfather's military outpost.
The Conflict (Clue 3)
She discovers an ancient stone labyrinth in the woods nearby.
The Twist (Clue 2)
A faun gives her three dangerous tasks to prove she is a princess.
The Spoiler (Clue 1)
Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy about a girl escaping into a mythical underworld during Franco's Spain.
The answer
Pan's Labyrinth
Cast
Ivana Baquero as OfeliaSergi López as Capitán VidalMaribel Verdú as MercedesDoug Jones as Fauno / Pale ManAriadna Gil as CarmenÁlex Angulo as Dr. FerreiroRoger Casamajor as PedroManolo Solo as Garcés
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Pan's Labyrinth hard to guess on Plot-hole?
- Pan's Labyrinth had an average score of 2.4/5. 68% of players solved it, while 32% failed — a hard puzzle.
- Who directed Pan's Labyrinth?
- Pan's Labyrinth was directed by Guillermo del Toro.
- Who stars in Pan's Labyrinth?
- Pan's Labyrinth stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Manolo Solo.
- What genre is Pan's Labyrinth?
- Pan's Labyrinth is listed under Fantasy, Drama, War.
- Where does Pan's Labyrinth rank in Plot-hole difficulty?
- Pan's Labyrinth ranks #68 of 181 Plot-hole movies by average score (1 = hardest).