Synopsis
In August 1961, speleologists from Italy’s booming North arrive on a Calabrian plateau where time stands still. The intruders discover one of the world’s deepest caves, the Bifurto Abyss, under the gaze of an old shepherd, the only witness of the pristine territory.
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Cast
- Claudia CandussoSpeleologist
- Paolo CossiSpeleologist and Drawer
- Mila CostiSpeleologist
- Carlos José CrespoSpeleologist
- Jacopo EliaSpeleologist
- Federico GregorettiSpeleologist
- Antonio LanzaShepherd
- Nicola LanzaShepherd
- Leonardo LaroccaSpeleologist
- Giovanbattista SauroSpeleologist
Recommendations
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The Hollywood Reporter
One could walk away with deep thoughts about modernity and the relationship between nature and man, but that’s not required. Appreciating the beauty of an intricate process unfolding is more than enough. - 90
The New York Times
Frammartino connects the physical with the metaphysical. The world as he renders it is an anthology of concrete objects and unrepeatable moments that are somehow infused with abstract, even spiritual meanings. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
One could walk away with deep thoughts about modernity and the relationship between nature and man, but that’s not required. Appreciating the beauty of an intricate process unfolding is more than enough. - 90
The New York Times
Frammartino connects the physical with the metaphysical. The world as he renders it is an anthology of concrete objects and unrepeatable moments that are somehow infused with abstract, even spiritual meanings. - 80
The Guardian
It’s not quite a documentary, yet nor is it exactly a narrative feature. It lives alone; the cinematic equivalent of a hermit on a mountaintop. - 80
The Guardian
It’s not quite a documentary, yet nor is it exactly a narrative feature. It lives alone; the cinematic equivalent of a hermit on a mountaintop. - 75
The Playlist
Frammartino handles the collision between a vanishing then and the encroaching now with a light touch, mournful yet not quite damning. - 75
The Playlist
Frammartino handles the collision between a vanishing then and the encroaching now with a light touch, mournful yet not quite damning.
