In August 1961, speleologists from Italy’s booming North arrive on a Calabrian plateau where time stands still. The intruders discover one of the world’s deepest caves, the Bifurto Abyss, under the gaze of an old shepherd, the only witness of the pristine territory.
▶ Watch TrailerNicola Lanza
Zi' Nicola
Antonio Lanza
Leonardo Larocca
Doctor
Claudia Candusso
Speleologist
Mila Costi
Speleologist
Carlos José Crespo
Speleologist
Jacopo Elia
Speleologist
Federico Gregoretti
Speleologist
Giovanbattista Sauro
Speleologist
Angelo Spadaro
Speleologist
Director
Michelangelo Frammartino
Screenplay
Giovanna Giuliani
Status
Released
Original Language
IT
Production
Doppio Nodo Double Bind, RAI Cinema, Société Parisienne de Production, Essential Filmproduktion
CinemaSerf
June 11, 2022
With virtually no dialogue at all, this is the ultimate observational documentary - with two strands. The first centres around the recreation of a speleological expedition (from 1961) to explore a cave that stretches deep under the Calabrian plateau. The second features an elderly, weather-beaten, shepherd (Antonio Lanza), whose only means of communication appears to be using sounds similar to tho...
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