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The Endless Trench

2019 · 148 min

A slow, suffocating immersion into fear and isolation, anchored by a tender marriage that makes the confinement both heartbreaking and quietly hopeful.

Overview
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • fate
  • family
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, history, thriller
Directed by
Jose Mari Goenaga, Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi
Written by
Jose Mari Goenaga, Luiso Berdejo
Starring
Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta, Vicente Vergara, José Manuel Poga, Emilio Palacios, Adrián Fernández, Nacho Fortes, Marco Cáceres
Music
Pascal Gaigne
Cinematography
Javier Agirre Erauso
Runtime
148 min
Country
Spain, France
Languages
English, Spanish

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