In 1962, a group of young speleologists from northern Italy set out for the country’s south to explore the seemingly bottomless maw of an unexplored abyss, which turns out to be one of the deepest ever discovered. Visually compelling imagery brings to life the vertiginous and lofty beauty of nature as well as man’s determination and fragility.
In 1962, a group of young speleologists from northern Italy set out for the country’s south to explore the seemingly bottomless maw of an unexplored abyss, which turns out to be one of the deepest ever discovered. Visually compelling imagery brings to life the vertiginous and lofty beauty of nature as well as man’s determination and fragility. In its detachment from the event’s participants, the film’s fly-on-the-wall narrative emphasizes the overwhelming chasm between the small and transient existence of man and the breathtaking mountains and dark depths of the karst. The Hole earned the Special Jury Prize at the Venice film festival.
Vít Kořínek
93 min / Color, DCP
Director Michelangelo Frammartino
/ Screenplay Michelangelo Frammartino
/ Dir. of Photography Renato Berta
/ Sound Simone Paolo Olivero
/ Editor Benni Atria
/ Art Director Giliano Carli
/ Producer Philippe Bober, Michelangelo Frammartino
/ Production Doppio Nodo Double Bind
/ Coproduction Rai Cinema, Parisienne de Production, Essential Films
/ Cast Paolo Cossi, Jacopo Elia, Denise Trombin, Nicola Lanza
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/ Distributor Aerofilms
Michelangelo Frammartino (1968, Milan). Filmography: Tracce (1995, short), L’occhio e lo spirito (1997, short), Scappa Valentina (2001, short), Io non posso entrare (2002, short), Dar (Il dono, 2003), Le quattro volte (2010), Alberi (2013, short doc.), The Hole (Il buco, 2021).
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