John and the Hole (2021)

Directed by

Pascual Sisto

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 178 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy finds an unfinished bunker in the woods near his house. He uses it to imprison his family, testing their reactions while trying to understand his own.

tenseunsettlingslow-burnmoodypsychologicalclaustrophobicquietdisturbing

What happens

John and the Hole is a 2021 American psychological thriller film directed by Pascual Sisto and written by Nicolás Giacobone. A feature-length adaptation of Giacobone's short story, "El Pozo", the film stars Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, and Taissa Farmiga. The film revolves around a boy who discovers an unfinished bunker in the neighboring woods of his home. The film was selected for the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2021. It was released on August 6, 2021, by IFC Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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