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Il Buco

6.2(105)20211h 33m6

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.

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Language
Italian

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Germany, France, Italy

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival26 Sept 2021
    • PremiereWisconsin Film Festival9 Apr 2022
    • TheatricalNew York City, New York13 May 2022
    • TheatricalLos Angeles, California20 May 2022
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival14 Oct 2021
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTTL19 May 2022
    • PremiereL8½ Festa do Cinema Italiano (São Paulo)29 Jul 2022
    • TheatricalL4 Aug 2022
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival21 Sept 2021
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical14 Jul 2022
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical (limited)1522 Sept 2021
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereLes Arcs International Film Festival13 Dec 2021
    • TheatricalTP4 May 2022
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical10 Nov 2022
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival12 Nov 2021
    • Digital / OTTKCinobo22 Mar 2023
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival 4 Sept 2021
    • TheatricalTMilan22 Sept 2021
    • TheatricalT23 Sept 2021
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereTokyo International Film Festival 202130 Oct 2021
    • Theatrical19 Jun 2026
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL23 Jun 2022

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Il Buco was released on 22 September 2021.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/11/2022

    7/10

    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 those emanating from hi…

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