The Film: Mexican Guillermo Del Toro’s dark blend of grim Spanish Civil War realism with frightening flight of fancy, as a young girl caught in the conflict escapes to a dangerous fantasy world.

If It Was A World Cup Manager: Gus Hiddink, whose ultimately unsuccessful campaigns with the Netherlands, South Korea and Australia mirror the film’s bittersweet ending: he may not win, but just for a moment he allows people to dream.