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El hoyo (2019)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2019-11-08

Country

Spain

Production

TVE, Basque Films, Mr. Miyagi, EiTB

Genre

Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Budget

$1 203 235

Revenue

$1 090 116

Website

https://www.netflix.com/title/81128579

Director

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Actors

Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale, Alexandra Masangkay, Zihara Llana, Mario Pardo, Algis Arlauskas, Txubio Fernández de Jáuregui, Eric Goode
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Carlos Juárez, Carlos Juárez, Raquel Perea

Operator

Jon D. Domínguez

Composer

Aránzazu Calleja

Artist

Audition

Octavio González

Editing

Elena Ruiz, Haritz Zubillaga
All team (35)

• In most buildings, floor numbers go from bottom to top, but here the first level of the prison is located at the very top. This is numbering, like the circles of hell in Dante Alighieri's work. The inhabitants of the third circle in Dante, where gluttons are held, are punished for greed; in this prison, the inhabitants of the upper levels feast at the expense of the others.
• The floors are numbered from top to bottom, like the circles of hell in Dante Alighieri's Inferno. The inhabitants of the upper levels feast at the expense of the others.
• The film was shot in chronological order because Ivan Massague, the performer of the main role, needed to lose 12 kg over a six-week period in order to demonstrate the deterioration of his overall condition and the exhaustion of the body.
• The film mentions 333 levels. In numerology, this number symbolizes answered prayers or a hint from a guardian angel.