Il Buco
In August 1961, speleologists from Italy’s booming North arrive on a Calabrian plateau where time stands still. The intruders discover one of the world’s deepest caves, the Bifurto Abyss, under the gaze of an old shepherd, the only witness of the pristine territory.
- 6.3
- 2021
- Released
- 1h 33m
Nicola Lanza
Zi' NicolaAntonio Lanza
Leonardo Larocca
DoctorClaudia Candusso
SpeleologistMila Costi
SpeleologistCarlos José Crespo
SpeleologistJacopo Elia
SpeleologistFederico Gregoretti
SpeleologistGiovanbattista Sauro
SpeleologistAngelo Spadaro
SpeleologistEnrico Troisi
SpeleologistDenise Trombin
SpeleologistLuca Vinai
SpeleologistLeonardo Zaccaro
SpeleologistPaolo Cossi
Speleologist and DrawerPietro Armentano
ShepherdGiuseppe Campolongo
ShepherdPietro Pittelli
Shepherd / Traffic PolicemanAngelo Antonio Santagada
ShepherdDomenico Bruno
SoldierAntonio Capristo
SoldierGiuseppe Antonini
Support Team SpeleologistAngelo Iemmolo
Support Team SpeleologistNino Larocca
Support Team SpeleologistGianluca Selleri
Support Team SpeleologistMirko Mangini
Support Team SpeleologistMaria Rosaria Marchetti
Support Team SpeleologistGiovanni Gurrieri
Support Team SpeleologistFrancesco Fisichella
Support Team SpeleologistAntonio Occhipinti
Support Team SpeleologistAlessia Casaluci
Support Team SpeleologistRoberto de Marco
Support Team SpeleologistFrancesco Ferraro
Support Team SpeleologistIlaria de Marco
Support Team SpeleologistGiuseppe Carbone
PriestGiuseppe Pizzati
StationmasterPietro Criaco
Ticket CollectorAntonio Sgambelluri
Station WorkerSantoro Crea
Military DriverDomenico Romeo
Station BricklayerCosimo Pulitanó
Male Master Corporal in UniformSalvatore Restieri
DeaconEnzo Pittelli
CarabiniereGiovanni Mortati
Site ManagerNicola Vito
ButcherGiuseppe Francomano
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With virtually no dialogue at all, this is the ultimate observational documentary - with two strands. The first centres around the recreation of a speleological expedition (from 1961) to explore a cave that stretches deep under the Calabrian plateau. The second features an elderly, weather-beaten, shepherd (Antonio Lanza), whose only means of communication appears to be using sounds similar to tho