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El Túnel
“"Now I am become the Tunnel, the destroyer of my own light".”
9.0 / 10• 2024• 15m•NR• Spanish
ComedyActionDrama
Storyline
Short film inspired by the book "El Túnel" from Ernesto Sabato, which tells the story about Juan Pablo Castel, a reclusive and introspective painter who becomes obsessed with a woman named María Iribarne. Castel's fixation leads him to a tumultuous relationship with María, marked by jealousy, possessiveness, and paranoia, starting to break not only his life, but also his mental state.
Cast & Crew
Jose Miguel Peña
Juan Pablo Castel
LeadSA
Samuel Alejandro González
María Iribarne
Baltazar Toro
Interviewer / Albert Einstein
EA
Eliseo Arias
Hunter
JS
Juan Sebastián Ayala
Allende
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Baltazar Toro's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. El Túnel is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
