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- 2020
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2 h 27 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2 h 27 m
Summary Fearing retribution, a Republican from the Spanish Civil War hides in his home for more than thirty years with the help of his wife. Based on true events.
Directed By: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga
Written By: Luiso Berdejo, Jose Mari Goenaga
- 2020
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2 h 27 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2 h 27 m
The Endless Trench
Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
6.0
Where to Watch
Summary Fearing retribution, a Republican from the Spanish Civil War hides in his home for more than thirty years with the help of his wife. Based on true events.
Directed By: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga
Written By: Luiso Berdejo, Jose Mari Goenaga
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
73
75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
73
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Gripping, intense and often very moving, The Endless Trench pulls together details from some of the jaw-dropping accounts of these lifelong nightmares, recasting the hidden history of a so-called “mole” and of his endlessly suffering wife as a profoundly involving, superbly played story about love as protection from fear.
This is an intimate epic that alarms as it sprints out of the gate, settles into a lingering tension and even as it is winding down, manages to keep the viewer frightened and on tenterhooks. That’s what living under a fascist regime is like.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.0
67% Positive
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33% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.0
67% Positive
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4 Ratings
0% Mixed
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33% Negative
2 Ratings
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Una excelente película española; la trama es muy tensa y las actuaciones son excelentes. ¡TOTALMENTE RECOMENDADA!
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A potent mix of love and fear of a man who spent 33 years hiding out in his own home. Featuring remarkable central performances from Antonio de la Torre and Belén Cuesta, and a bold cinematic language that captures Higinio’s entrapment in highly visual terms, “The Endless Trench” functions both as the portrait of the couple’s astonishing predicament and as a broader study of the changing face of Spain under a brutal dictatorship.
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The Endless Trench plunges us into a living nightmare with enough atmospheric precision of its own: It needn’t literally spell things out for us.
It’s fertile thematic ground, but as in most survival movies, showy feats of filmmaking take precedence over insight or revelation.
Based on the "moles" of the Spanish Civil War, 'The Endless Trench' is the tale of a man's resistance. Through this film, the directors conceive an intimate epic representing the changes that the Spanish society underwent during Franco's dictatorship. The acting is wonderful, the screenplay is tense and impactful, and it does a good job remembering those voices repressed during decades.
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This is a historical fiction drama, it means that it is based on real events even though protagonists are fictitious. It is about Spanish Civil War and following years of General Franco rule. An anti-Franco guy escapes from arrest and possible execution and hides at home behind a false wall for more than 30 years. The movie is rich with dilemmas, psychological issues, merital, parental, moral difficult choices. Excellent direction and performances. The only negative point is that it is very long: 147 minutes. Still, I highly recommend it. Finally a more or less recent movie that I can recommend. Not a surprise that it is foregn: they stopped making good movies here.
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Production Company
Irusoin,
Moriarti Produkzioak,
Claqueta, La,
Trinchera Film,
Manny Films,
Radio Televisión Española (RTVE),
Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB),
Canal Sur Televisión,
Film Factory Entertainment,
Netflix,
Audio Visual Finanzas,
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco,
Junta de Andalucía,
ETP,
Entertainment One
Release Date Nov 6, 2020
Duration 2 h 27 m
Rating TV-MA
Awards
Goya Awards
• 2 Wins & 15 Nominations
ASECAN
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 6 Wins & 8 Nominations
