Tunnel

Tunnel (2016)

터널

When all collapsed, only hope remained.

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

Date of release
2016-08-10
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (672)
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Director
Kim Seong-hun

Casting

Interesting facts

Tunnel (Korean: 터널) is a 2016 South Korean survival drama film written and directed by Kim Seong-hun, starring Ha Jung-woo in the lead role. The film revolves around a car salesman who gets trapped when a poorly constructed tunnel collapses, and deals with his survival inside the tunnel with the advice of the rescue team head. It was released in South Korea on 10 August 2016.

Production

Many audiences who watched the movie said that it was reminiscent of the Sinking of MV Sewol in 2014. However, the film was based on an original novel published before the aforementioned incident. Director Kim Sung-hoon said in an interview, "It (sinking of MV Sewol) was such a big pain and the production team was also very sick." "Since the sadness is still valid, I couldn't help but think of the sinking of MV Sewol when I made the disaster mate…

Although 'Tunnel' was a domestic box office hit, some pointed out its regret due to the unrealism of the optimistic attitude depicted in the film since South Korean audiences witnessed how the social system of disaster works during the fiasco of the MV Sewol rescue operation. The director explained that he also heard such opinions in an interview: "There were some opinions that want me to be more directly explained.

The director added, "I put a lot of effort into organizing the tunnel set in the movie. As the inside of the collapsed tunnel continues to appear, he wanted to devise the most realistic part of the movie. "One of the words that can describe this movie is its texture. I thought the texture should not look fake. For Jeong-su, the tunnel is like an actor. The actors and the space have to give and receive reactions from each other." he said.

During filming, the real concrete part and the fake part found in the collapsed tunnel set were mixed together; the real one was placed farther from the actor, whilst the fake dust is poured right by the actor. The fake dust is made out of dust powder, grain powder, charcoal powder, and jade powder, which was used due to potential health concerns should the person inhaled actual concrete dust during the filming process.

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