Le Trou
Taste attributes: crimedramahistorythrillerhistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavylineargrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA serious, fresh crime thriller, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
8.3 /10
TMDB · 276 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system -- yet their escape is anything but assured.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Jacques Becker
Cast
- Michel Constantin
- Jean Keraudy
- Philippe Leroy
- Raymond Meunier
- Marc Michel
Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Filmsonor
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
