The Endless Trench

Name: The Endless Trench
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: November 6, 2020
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Adrián Fernández, Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta, Emilio Palacios, Esperanza Guardado

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 6, 2020 | TV-MA

Starring: Adrián Fernández, Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta, Emilio Palacios, Esperanza Guardado, Joaquín Gómez, José Manuel Poga, Marco Cáceres, Nacho Fortes, Vicente Vergara

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.

Director: Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 147 min

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Jonathan Holland

Nov 5, 2020

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. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 23, 2022

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. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Nov 14, 2020

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. Read full review

Devika Girish

Nov 5, 2020

It’s fertile thematic ground, but as in most survival movies, showy feats of filmmaking take precedence over insight or revelation. Read full review

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DogeGamer2015

Feb 21, 2021

Una excelente película española; la trama es muy tensa y las actuaciones son excelentes. ¡TOTALMENTE RECOMENDADA!

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Tom_Harper

Nov 19, 2020

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” functionsA 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.… Expand

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netflic

Nov 12, 2020

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 wallThis 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.… Expand

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bertobellamy

Nov 23, 2020

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 screenplayBased 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.… Expand

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