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Tunnelen (2019)

Tunnelen poster
Directed by
Pål Øie
Genre
disaster film, thriller film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
14
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 327 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A driver named Stein gets trapped when a fire breaks out inside a long road tunnel in Norway. He must find a way to survive and help others escape the disaster.

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What happens

The Tunnel (Norwegian: Tunnelen) is a 2019 Norwegian disaster thriller film directed by Pål Øie. The film follows the WSV driver Stein, played by Thorbjørn Harr, during a tunnel fire in a 9 kilometer long road tunnel. This movie is a remake of Hollywood movie Daylight (1996). During The Kanon Award 2019, the film won the Audience Award and was also nominated in the category to Best Producer (John Einar Hagen and Einar Loftesnes) and Best Sound Design (Hugo Ekornes). During the Amanda Award 2020, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes won the class for Best Supporting Actress for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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