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Original title

El hoyoaka

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The Platform
El hoyo

Year

2019

Running time

94 min.

Country

Spain

Director

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Screenwriter

David Desola, Pedro Rivero

Music

Aránzazu Calleja

Cinematography

Jon D. Domínguez

Cast

Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale, Alexandra Masangkay, Eric Goode, Algis Arlauskas, Miriam Martín, Óscar Oliver

Producer

Basque Films, Mr Miyagi Films, RTVE, ETB, Zentropa International Spain, Eusko Jaurlaritza, ICAA, Consejería de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)

Genre

Sci-Fi. Thriller | Dystopia. Survival Film. Gore

Synopsis

In a future dystopia, prisoners housed in vertically stacked cells watch hungrily as food descends from above — feeding the upper tiers, but leaving those below ravenous and radicalized — in this parable about the socio-political potency of genre cinema.

Awards: 2020: European Film Awards (EFA): Best Visual Effects

2019: Toronto Film Festival (TIFF): Audience Award Midnight Madness Section

2019: Goya Awards: Best Special Effects. 3 Nominations

2019: Sitges Film Festival: Best Film, New Director, Special Effects & Audience Award

2019: Feroz Awards: 6 nominations, including Best Film & Director

2019: Gaudí Awards: Best Visual Effects. 3 Nominations

Critics' reviews

"Grotesque, thrilling, and quite funny (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"

Rafael Motamayor: Bloody Disgusting
"An accidentally timely political allegory. Netflix’s gnarly class commentary certainly isn’t subtle. But it gets the job done. (....) the picture is overly overt but undeniably effective"

Jason Bailey: The New York Times
"Sometimes all you need to make a decent movie is a lot of food, a brilliant set, and a single metaphor"

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"We get it. People are brutal and selfish and ugly and capable of nasty, nasty stuff. Except maybe that one guy."

John Serba: Decider
"The film’s minimalist fury feels like the plays of Samuel Beckett"

Amy Nicholson: Variety
"Viewing [it] during any other time period would be unsettling, but during a global pandemic (...), its message is tangible, unsubtle, chewing in your ear (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"

Audra Schroeder: The Daily Dot
"For being so deeply dark, the film is surprisingly funny and thoughtful, and it’s got a wonderful, sly energy to it"

Meredith Borders: SlashFilm
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