2019 TIFF Movie Review: THE PLATFORM (EL HOYO) (Spain 2019)

Originally posted on Festival Reviews:
In a future “dystopia”, prisoners housed in vertically stacked cells watch hungrily as food descends from above, feeding the upper tiers, but leaving those below ravenous and radicalized. Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Writers: David Desola, Pedro Rivero This is a prison movie.  The prison: The Pit — a provocative permutation of a panopticon…

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2019 TIFF Movie Review: THE PLATFORM (EL HOYO) (Spain 2019)

Originally posted on Festival Reviews:
In a future “dystopia”, prisoners housed in vertically stacked cells watch hungrily as food descends from above, feeding the upper tiers, but leaving those below ravenous and radicalized. Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Writers: David Desola, Pedro Rivero This is a prison movie.  The prison: The Pit — a provocative permutation of a panopticon…

Published
Categorized as Festival