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Pan's labyrinth Dinner scene and the place man scene The scene is set during the night with a dinner being arranged with very posh and important fascist supporters. The scene is about the rebels and is very formal. The scene shares a lot of similarities and contrasts with the pale man scene as well as sharing symbolism of the fascist regime at the time of the film.  The scene starts with a contrast in colour from the blue toned rainy night outside and the war, red colour of the bricks and fire from inside the house. This contrast is important as it shows opposites as the house is seem as a place people want to be however the movie has shown it is not by the actions of Vidal and the soldiers within the house, this is also shown in context as they are fascist characters from Franco's reign over Spain during 1944 when the movie is set. The scene also starts with the arrival of cars carrying guests for the party the cars they arrive in are black this gives the feeling that they