A Companion to Spanish Cinema

At the annual awards ceremony of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in February 2007 a foreign film received the Oscars for best cinematography, best art direction, and best makeup as well as nominations for best original screenplay, best foreign language film, and best original score. The film in question was Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish title El Laberinto del Fauno) directed by Spanish film director, Guillermo del Toro. It went on to become one of the most commercially successful films of all time and justified the claim of the Spanish film industry to be regarded as one...