The Tunnel Gang

The Tunnel Gang
Film poster
SpanishLos del túnel
Directed byPepón Montero
Screenplay by
  • Juan Maidagán
  • Pepón Montero
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJosé Luis Moreno "Moti"
Edited byMapa Pastor
Music byCarles Cases
Production
companies
  • Pólvora Films
  • Estela Films
  • Lanube Películas
  • Toniconinormal AIE
Distributed byeOne Films Spain
Release dates
  • 22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) (Abycine)
  • 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Tunnel Gang (Spanish: Los del túnel) is a 2016 Spanish comedy film directed by Pepón Montero. The ensemble cast features Arturo Valls, Raúl 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.[1][2][3]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Pólvora Films, Estela Films, Lanube Películas and Toniconinormal AIE, and it had the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar+ and Canal Sur Radio y Televisión.[2] Filming began on 27 September 2015 and lasted for 7 weeks.[6] Shooting locations included Madrid and Toledo.[7] Carles Cases [es] was responsible for the music.[6]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 18th Albacete Independent Film Festival [es] (Abycine) on 22 October 2016.[2][8][9] Distributed by eOne Films Spain,[2] 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".[10]

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, describing the film as being, in addition to "unclassifiable", "wilfully comic".[1]

Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico 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".[11]

Raquel Hernández Luján 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".[12]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2018 5th Feroz Awards Special Award Nominated [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bermejo, Andrea G. (21 December 2016). "Los del túnel". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  2. ^ a b c d Rivera, Alfonso (18 January 2017). "Los del túnel: después de la catástrofe". Cineuropa.
  3. ^ "Arturo Valls, Natalia de Molina y Raúl Cimas protagoniza 'Los del túnel', una parodia sobre el "empeño por ser feliz"". Europa Press. 17 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (18 January 2017). "Los estrenos del 20 de enero. 'Los del túnel'. Héroes cotidianos". Aisge.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Los del túnel". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Los del túnel" (PDF). Academia (217). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 62. February 2016. ISSN 2174-0097.
  7. ^ "Arturo Valls termina de rodar y producir su 'James Bond de Fuenlabrada'". verTele!. 7 November 2015 – via eldiario.es.
  8. ^ "Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes. Presentación en Albacete de la película "Los del Túnel", dentro de la programación de ABYCINE". 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Abycine da a conocer su palmarés, con 55.000 euros en premios, y más de 20.000 espectadores". La Vanguardia. 28 October 2016.
  10. ^ Costa, Jordi (15 November 2016). "Los del túnel. Para los que entienden la vida a través de la comedia". Fotogramas.
  11. ^ Martínez, Beatriz (19 January 2017). "'Los del túnel': una comedia a contracorriente". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  12. ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (20 January 2017). "Los del túnel - Crítica de la nueva comedia de Arturo Valls". HobbyConsolas.
  13. ^ Lázaro, Margarita (22 January 2018). "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018". HuffPost.