During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.
Direction
Albala makes 138 minutes feel like you're trapped in that tunnel too.
Acting
Vicuña's eyes carry 18 months of paranoia without saying a word.
Production
The tunnel itself—filmed in suffocating, authentic claustrophobia.
Director
David Albala
Benjamín Vicuña
Leon Vargas
Roberto Farías
Rafael Jimenez
Amparo Noguera
Fabiola Pizarro
Francisca Gavilán
Paulina Baeza
Patricio Contreras
Rodolfo Ternicier
Eusebio Arenas
Patricio Velásquez
Willy Semler
Warden Jorquera
Diego Ruiz
Oscar Lira
Víctor Montero
Germán Sanchez
Carolina Paulsen
Valeria Estévez
Catalina Martin
Quena Leiva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real 1990 escape of 49 political prisoners from Santiago's Public Prison remains Chile's most famous prison break.
Released during 2019 Chilean protests, the film resonated as a reminder of state violence—director Albala called it 'uncomfortably timely.'
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