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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Tunnel
1979 1h 6m ES
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB
DramaTV Movie
Synopsis
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Adaptation of Ernesto Sábato's work, directed by José Luis Cuerda Juan Pablo Castel, a moderately famous painter, visits Larrea's office to tell him how he met María Iribarne at a painting exhibition. He recounts why he followed her upon realizing she understood his painting, and why he killed her after months of searching, finally establishing contact with her and experiencing a passionate and tumultuous love affair.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Fernando Hilbeck
Eva León
Gerardo Malla
Fernando Méndez-Leite
Mónica Randall
George Rigaud
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- José Luis Cuerda
- Writers
- Ernesto Sábato
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Spain
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
José Luis Cuerda directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 247 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Fernando Hilbeck and Eva León and Gerardo Malla carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0243626 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 66 min · 1h 6m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ES
Also by
José Luis Cuerda
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1979-06-24
