Il buco

{{Short description|2021 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Il buco | image = | caption = | director = Michelangelo Frammartino | producer = Marco Serrecchia Michelangelo Frammartino Philippe Bober | writer = Michelangelo Frammartino Giovanna Giuliani | starring = Paolo Cossi Jacopo Elia Denise Trombin Nicola Lanza | cinematography = Renato Berta | editing = Benni Atria | studio = Doppio Nodo Double Bind Rai Cinema | distributor = Coproduction Office (international sales) | released = {{Film date|df=y|2021|9|3|Venice}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = {{plainlist| * Italy * France * Germany }} | language = Italian | budget = }}

'''''Il buco''''' (Italian {{literal translation|The Hole}}) is a 2021 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Frammartino.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/film/388777/ |title=Il buco |work=Cineuropa |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> Its storyline centres on discovery and exploration of the almost 700 metre deep Bifurto Abyss ("''Abisso del Bifurto''" in Italian) in the caves of Pollino in southern Italy in August 1961.

The film was released on 3 September 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11012320/releaseinfo/?ref_=tt_dt_rdat | title=The Hole (2021) - Release info - IMDb | access-date=12 Jan 2024}}</ref> It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-2021-film-festival-lineup-1234987376/ |title=Venice Film Festival 2021 Full Lineup |last=Roxborough|first=Scott |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=26 July 2021 |accessdate=13 August 2021}}</ref> and won the Special Jury Prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2021-venice-film-festival-winners-1235011876/ |title=French Abortion Drama 'Happening' Wins Venice Film Festival |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 September 2021 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref> The film is Frammartino's third feature length release.<ref name=":0" />

==Plot== In 1961, a group of speleologists from the north of Italy (the Piedmontese Speleological Group) start a descent into the Abisso di Bifurto, also known as the "Wolf Pit". The previous year, a group had reached a depth of 440 metres in a descent, however the cave, being 683 metres deep, has not been explored to its full depth, and thus the explorers have no maps to rely on during their descent. Local shepherds are able to advise them of the entrance to the cave. In parallel to their descent, we see footage of an old shepherd, in agony, and his journey from life to death. The arrival of the explorers at the bottom of the abyss and death of the shepherd happen in unison. The nearby town relies on a TV in the town square for its news, and two explorers from the original descent, Beppe de Matteis and Giulio Gecchele, see news of the new group reaching the bottom of the cave, and are moved by this. The film features almost no dialogue, and as with Frammartino's other films, belongs to the slow cinema genre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrier Bag of Films: Abisso del Bifurto {{!}} Viennale |url=https://www.viennale.at/en/blog/carrier-bag-films-abisso-del-bifurto#:~:text=Together%20with%2012%20speleologists%2C%20Michelangelo,known%20as%20the%20Wolf%20Pit. |website=www.viennale.at |access-date=20 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Il Buco Is Anything But Slow |url=https://www.curzon.com/journal/il-buco-is-anything-but-slow/ |website=www.curzon.com |access-date=20 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Accolades==  {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | European Film Award | Best Sound Designer |Simone Paolo Olivero, Paolo Benvenuti, Benni Atria, Marco Saitta, Ansgar Frerich, Florian Holzner | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Silva Vilas |first1=Jesús |title=Triangle of Sadness triumphs at the 35th European Film Awards |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/435889/ |access-date=23 July 2025 |work=Cineuropa |date=10 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |- | London Film Festival | Best Film | Michelangelo Frammartino | {{nom}} | rowspan="1"| |- | Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival | Grand Newcomer Award | Michelangelo Frammartino | {{Won}} | rowspan="1"| |- |Seville European Film Festival | Golden Giraldillo | Michelangelo Frammartino | {{nom}} | rowspan="1"| |- | rowspan=2|Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | Michelangelo Frammartino | {{nom}} | rowspan="2"| |- | Special Jury Prize | ''Il buco'' | {{won}} |- |}

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|11012320|Il Buco}} * [https://coproductionoffice.eu/films#il-buco ''Il Buco''] on Coproduction Office (film's official website)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buco, Il}} Category:2021 films Category:2021 drama films Category:Italian drama films Category:2021 Italian-language films Category:Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) winners Category:2021 Italian films Category:Italian-language drama films