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El túnel (1952)

El túnel poster
Directed by
León Klimovsky
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A painter becomes obsessed with a woman he meets at an art exhibition. As he tries to control their relationship, his jealousy and paranoia take over.

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What happens

The Tunnel (Spanish: El túnel) is a 1952 Argentine drama film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Laura Hidalgo, Carlos Thompson and Bernardo Perrone. It is an adaptation of the 1948 novel The Tunnel by Ernesto Sábato. It was made by the noted studio Argentina Sono Film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gori Muñoz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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