The Hole is premiere on Netflix Spain since March 20, although we should rather say just plain Netflix. We are talking about a black leg premiere in times of coronavirus. By the way, Do not miss our 2020 Guide to watch movies online for free in these difficult days from which we will all, without a doubt, come out together and reinforced. #I stay at home.
⭐ What is it about The hole?
Supported by important awards (such as the Toronto Film Festival or Sitges) and very positive reviews, The hole It's not just any premiere. Obvious. We could well be facing the most important Spanish film on Netflix for this 2020 (even more so in these strange times of Coronavirus). We explain to you why this dystopia Black Mirror is a mandatory viewing Netflix premiere.
The hole is a very dystopian artifact Cube, 92 minutes long, with a lot of message about our society and a mix of components of dramatic cinema and reality show Obvious.The film stands out for how it shows us the confinement of a heterogeneous variety of personalities who have to interact with each other to survive. We have seen the formula Prison Break Vis a vis o Lost.
Imagine a prison with different floors connected by a hole (in English the film is called The Platform). Imagine that the social scales, the levels of life, comfort and privileges, are divided by floors: the higher you are, the better you live (despite the fact that it is a prison).
- 2 people per level
- It is unknown how many levels there are in the prison
- 1 daily platform filled with food
- Will you be supportive or will you look only for yourself?
The protagonist, Goreng (Iván Massagué), voluntarily locks himself in the hole for six months to, incidentally, quit smoking. Each member is allowed to reach only one object. He has chosen to take The Quijote. He gets the 48th floor and a somewhat… peculiar companion. And here we can read.
En The hole The fundamental dilemma revolves around the platform that, on a daily basis, supplies food to the members of this curious prison. The platform goes down, each prisoner is stocking up on food and, of course, just imagine how much food is available by the time the platform has reached the lower floors.
? El Hoyo: the new paper house?
Frame from El Hoyo, one of the most interesting Netflix Spain premieres of 2020.
El Hoyo (7,1 note in FilmAffinity) was intended to be a science fiction film, of a minor type and without much repercussion. No one knew its director, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, and in its cast we find two usual suspects of Spanish independent cinema (aka cinema that is not going to collect millions): Iván Massagué and Antonia San Juan. The thing changed when it was shown in the Toronto Film Festival.
As happened with other minor tapes that ended up exploding (Cube, Ex Machina but also Pulp Fiction u Eight Basque surnames)There was a diamond in the rough there. That, at least, Netflix thought, which bought the exploitation rights the moment after seeing the film. Are we facing a new international phenomenon like the one achieved by The Money Heist?
? What do critics say about The hole?
Frame from El Hoyo, one of the most interesting Netflix Spain premieres of 2020.
The web specialized in cinema Film School Rejects has included The hole between your selection of the most interesting content of March 2020 on Netflix. And not only that: it is that his article is headed by the Spanish film, ensuring that "convincing from start to finish." In his article, it is valued that it is a film that gives more weight to the creation of an original approach than to the cramming of special effects and CGI.
- El Mundo, Luis Martínez: «It is one of those films that bless discoveries. And the wonders. So wise and sad and revealing (...) a brilliant provocation more hyper-real than just real."
- El Periodico, Nando Salvá: «He wraps himself in a surreal atmosphere, which prevents him from falling into discourse (…). And, thanks to generous doses of black comedy and absurdist gore, she stays surprisingly light. (…)»
- Frames, Daniel Martínez Mantilla: «Effective and surprising (...) an interactive experience that forces the viewer to take part in the film's main ethical debate.
Now that we are stuck at home because of the expansion of the Coronavirus (here more ideas of free things to do during confinement), The hole has all the ballots to succeed. The typical movie that you want to see with company to later (or during) discuss what you would have done.
The release date of The hole on Netflix Spain is March 20, 2020.