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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: I starred in Pan’s Labyrinth
Description: In 2006, Ivana Baquero starred in Guillermo del Toro’s Spanish-language film Pan’s Labyrinth. The film tells the story of an 11-year-old girl who meets mythical creatures on a quest to achieve immortality and return to the underworld as a princess. However, it isn’t your typical fairy tale. Set in 1944, against the backdrop of Franco’s fascist Spain, the film is hard-hitting and at times violent. Ivana Baquero speaks to Tim O’Callaghan about starring in the film when she was an 11-year-old. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness Hi...