Ivana Bachero is a Catalan actress known to viewers for her role as Ophelia in Guillermo del Toro's Labyrinth of the Fauna. For the game in this film she received the Prize of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the Prize of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Ivan Bakero celebrates his birthday on June 11th. Her biography begins in 1994. Ivana was born in the capital of Catalonia, the Spanish city of Barcelona. The actress speaks 3 languages - Spanish, Catalan and English. Last Ivana studied in depth at a specialized school. In the first film, which glorified the actress, she got the role at the age of eleven. The young talent was noticed by the famous director Guillermo del Toro. It was Bakero who was a talented filmmaker who selected out of a thousand children for the role of Ophelia in the fantastic military film "The Labyrinth of the Faun." The director later admitted that the appearance of the actress and her curly hair played an important role. Bakero was 3 years older than her alleged heroine, but the script was slightly redone for the age of the lead singer.
According to the plot in Spain in 1944, a battle of a group of rebels and fascists takes place against the backdrop of mountain forests. The heroine of Bakero is a lonely dreamy girl. She has a mother pregnant by camp officer Franco. His goal is to destroy the rebels. Girl Ophelia half lives in a fantasy world. She is in the clouds, and it is not surprising that it is she who finds the magic maze. The heroine meets a good fairy. She escorts the girl through the maze and introduces Faun, who is in charge here. The fabulous owner of the underground labyrinth claims that Ophelia's true mission is to rule the magical kingdom, because she is the missing princess. Faun says her father is looking for her. For the owner of the labyrinth to help her find her real father-king, Ophelia needs to be tested three times.
Works to the "Labyrinth of Faun"
Before starring in the famous movie del Toro, Ivan Bakero was a performer of several small roles. The most notable of these took place in a 2005 horror film produced jointly by Spain and the United Kingdom "Fragility." The heroine of Ivana is Maggie. Her partners on the set were Kalista Flockhart and Richard Roxburgh. According to the plot of this detective thriller, something appears in the old children's hospital. The heroine of Bakero calls the mechanical girl Charlotte the cause of destruction and accidents. The little patient claims that the girl, invisible to the rest, lives on the upper, long-closed and abandoned floor. Maggie believes the new nurse played by Calista Flockhart.
In 2004, Ivana starred in 2 films - the horror film Romasanta: The Hunt for the Werewolf and the fantastic thriller Rottweiler. In “Romasante”, the actress played the role of Anna, and the main character was played by Elsa Pataki. The action takes place at the end of the 19th century in the north of Spain. Villagers suffer from the invasion of wolves from nearby forests. A brave girl who wants to put an end to the victims comes to the aid of the frightened people. However, the situation is becoming not only scary, but also strange. The found bodies are no longer similar to the victims of wild animals. Mysterious signs are found on them. Residents understand that guns and traps will not help them escape. A long-standing legend about werewolves pops up, because of which the panic intensifies.
In “Rottweiler” Ivan played Esperanza. This scary horror film tells how a ruthless dog-robot was launched into the tracks of a runaway prisoner. It has steel jaws, a huge supply of energy and an excellent scent. To enhance the effect, the action takes place in a desolate, gloomy area. The intrigue of the film is who will be the winner - the king of nature or a ruthless machine? The following year, Bakero again starred in a horror film. She gets the role in the thriller "New Year's story." The plot of this film by the Spanish director Paco Plaza talks about a company of teenagers. They were sent for the Christmas holidays in the village, where they found a well with a man in a Santa costume. The first reaction of adolescents is to call the police and save the person in need. Then they find out that this is a woman who stole a large sum. The guys offer salvation without involving law enforcement in exchange for a reward. A woman pays a ransom, but her potential saviors procrastinate. Suddenly she will attack when she gets out, they think. While the guys were thinking and arguing, the well was empty.
