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The Tunnel Gang
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Wikipedia article
'The Tunnel Gang' is a 2016 Spanish comedy film directed by Pepn Montero. The ensemble cast features Arturo Valls, Ral Cimas, Natalia de Molina and Neus Asensi, among others.
Plot
The plot tracks the interactions of a group of survivors from a disaster (they were trapped in a tunnel for 15 days) after their rescue.
Cast
Production
The film was produced by Plvora Films, Estela Films, Lanube Pelculas and Toniconinormal AIE, and it had the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar+ and Canal Sur Radio y Televisin. Filming began on 27 September 2015 and lasted for 7 weeks. Shooting locations included Madrid and Toledo. was responsible for the music.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the 18th (Abycine) on 22 October 2016. Distributed by eOne Films Spain, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 20 January 2017.
Reception
Jordi Costa of 'Fotogramas' rated 'The Tunnel Gang' 4 out of 5 stars, assessing it to be reminiscent of Italian post-war comedies, and considering that, rather than featuring deliberate comical one-liners, the comedy value of the whole is relentless by relying on an "absolute confidence in a perfect and dedicated cast and a great ability to know in what voice and tone the everyday and even the trivial will turn out to be hilarious".
Andrea G. Bermejo of 'Cinemana' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, describing the film as being, in addition to "unclassifiable", "wilfully comic".
Beatriz Martnez of 'El Peridico de Catalunya' scored 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring the film to be "a little eccentricity, a rara avis out of the menu", surprising due to the "strangeness of its proposal".
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' scored 55 out of 100 points ("average"), deeming 'The Tunnel Gang' to be a "strange comedy tinged with drama", highlighting the narration of what happened in the tunnel as the best thing about the film, while negatively assessing the excessive number of characters, the "irregular" pace and "certain lack of wit in the dialogues".
Accolades
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2017
References
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish comedy films
Category:2016 comedy films
Category:Films shot in the province of Toledo
Category:Films shot in Madrid
Category:2010s Spanish films
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