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The Tunnel Under the World (1969)

The Tunnel Under the World poster
Original title
Il tunnel sotto il mondo
Directed by
Luigi Cozzi
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man wakes up to discover his town is a reconstruction run by a corporation. He sets out to uncover the truth behind the simulation.

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What happens

The Tunnel Under the World (original Italian title Il tunnel sotto il mondo) is a 1969 low-budget Italian science-fiction film directed and edited by Luigi Cozzi inspired by Frederik Pohl's 1955 short story of the same name. The screenplay was written by Tito Monego and Alfredo Castelli, best known as the creator of the comic book series Martin Mystère. It was the directorial debut of a 21-year-old Luigi Cozzi. It began as a film school project and eventually wound up becoming a full-length feature film. Cozzi's work on this film brought him to the attention of famed horror film director Dario Argento and jump-started his career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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