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Il buco

2021 1h 33m Adventure Drama List
86% Tomatometer 42 Reviews
During the economic boom of the 1960s, Europe’s highest building is being built in Italy’s prosperous North. At the other end of the country, young speleologists explore Europe’s deepest cave in the untouched Calabrian hinterland. The bottom of the Bifurto Abyss, 700 meters below Earth, is reached for the first time. The intruders’ venture goes unnoticed by the inhabitants of a small neighbouring village, but not by the old shepherd of the Pollino plateau whose solitary life begins to interweave with the group’s journey. Another work of nearly wordless organic beauty that touches on the mystical, IL BUCO chronicles a visit through unknown depths of life and nature and parallels two great voyages to the interior. Read More Read Less
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Il Buco is a visual marvel that reaffirms the old adage about a picture being worth a thousand words.

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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) The wordless earth magic of the storytelling won’t be for everyone, but the film casts a beguiling spell. Rated: 4/5 Jun 12, 2022 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) It's soothing all right. But it's also, alas, dull. Rated: 2/5 Jun 10, 2022 Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times Tantalising, oblique, a little frustrating, sometimes madly spectacular. Rated: 4/5 Jun 10, 2022 Full Review William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews Veering from the magical to the mundane, Il Buco is a missed opportunity to really capture the wonder and adventure of a real-life cave expedition. Rated: 3/5 Jul 18, 2024 Full Review Stephanie Bunbury Deadline Hollywood Daily You will find yourself wondering how it is possible for a filmmaker to catch the spectacle of a mist rolling in, given it takes only a few seconds. The only way, of course, is to wait until it happens. Frammartino is very, very good at waiting. Sep 15, 2023 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film It is hard to get into it during its first half, and there are many deep thoughts to acknowledge, yet, admiring the beauty of this filmmaking approach is vast enough to ponder in your mind for many days. Rated: B+ Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis During the economic boom of the 1960s, Europe’s highest building is being built in Italy’s prosperous North. At the other end of the country, young speleologists explore Europe’s deepest cave in the untouched Calabrian hinterland. The bottom of the Bifurto Abyss, 700 meters below Earth, is reached for the first time. The intruders’ venture goes unnoticed by the inhabitants of a small neighbouring village, but not by the old shepherd of the Pollino plateau whose solitary life begins to interweave with the group’s journey. Another work of nearly wordless organic beauty that touches on the mystical, IL BUCO chronicles a visit through unknown depths of life and nature and parallels two great voyages to the interior.
Director
Michelangelo Frammartino
Screenwriter
Michelangelo Frammartino, Giovanna Giuliani
Genre
Adventure, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Runtime
1h 33m