Revealing mistake: Near the end, when the captain is walking out of the labyrinth holding the baby, you can tell it's a dummy. The baby does not move in the slightest, you can't even see it breathe.
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Doug Jones, Maribel Verdu, Sergi Lopez, Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil
Ofeliea completes her second task (getting the dagger from the Pale Man), but because she ate two grapes in the Pale Man's feast, and thereby breaking the rules, Pan tells her that she has failed, and can never return to the Labyrinth. Capit
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Trivia: In a recent interview del Toro said that he tried to create subtle parallels between the "real world" and the fantasy world. One example of this is in the scene where Captain Vidal's dinner guests arrive in the rainstorm; the umbrellas they use are very similar to the heaving black flesh of the Giant Toad.
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Answer: I saw nothing in the movie indicating that. Ofelia's task seemed to be to retrieve the blade, she failed because she didn't follow Pan's instructions about not touching the food.
Andreas[DK]