Il Buco

Il Buco

★ 6.2IMDb Score
Released:2021-09-22
Genre:Drama
Duration:93 min
Director:Michelangelo Frammartino
Actors:Nicola Lanza, Antonio Lanza, Leonardo Larocca, Claudia Candusso, Mila Costi
Production:Doppio Nodo Double Bind, RAI Cinema, Société Parisienne de Production, Essential Filmproduktion
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Overview:

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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