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*Plot and ending analyzed*
The tunnel
El tunel (1952)
This is an exceptionally rare film that brings to light Argentine novelist Ernesto Sabato's El Túnel (1948). That novella deals with a painter who killed his lover.
The film, to me, reminds me of 1950's noir films, with a touch of Luis Bunuel's 1950's Mexican films, which hinted at surrealism in certain points. El tunel has a few lovely black and white scenes where the painter Juan Pablo Castel imagines tunnels around him.
The actors are entirely adequate, María Iribarne is played by the beautiful Laura Hidalgo, who did not star in many films. Juan Pablo Castel is played by Carlos Thompson, who committed suicide in his later years with a gun in 1990. Argentine novelist himself, Ernesto Sabato, is credited with the working of the dialogue.
For the most part, it is a standard and effective film that details the tortured soul of an insanely jealous man, who can not come to grips that his new lover may have other affairs or lovers.
It is barely above average, and seems to be filmed in Buenos Aires Argentina.
The audio is horrible and I could barely hear the spoken Spanish.
It is of particular interest to those who like existential or psychological thrillers.
In Spanish with no English subtitles.
*Plot and ending analyzed*
The tunnel
El tunel (1952)
This is an exceptionally rare film that brings to light Argentine novelist Ernesto Sabato's El Túnel (1948). That novella deals with a painter who killed his lover.
The film, to me, reminds me of 1950's noir films, with a touch of Luis Bunuel's 1950's Mexican films, which hinted at surrealism in certain points. El tunel has a few lovely black and white scenes where the painter Juan Pablo Castel imagines tunnels around him.
The actors are entirely adequate, María Iribarne is played by the beautiful Laura Hidalgo, who did not star in many films. Juan Pablo Castel is played by Carlos Thompson, who committed suicide in his later years with a gun in 1990. Argentine novelist himself, Ernesto Sabato, is credited with the working of the dialogue.
For the most part, it is a standard and effective film that details the tortured soul of an insanely jealous man, who can not come to grips that his new lover may have other affairs or lovers.
It is barely above average, and seems to be filmed in Buenos Aires Argentina.
The audio is horrible and I could barely hear the spoken Spanish.
It is of particular interest to those who like existential or psychological thrillers.
In Spanish with no English subtitles.
