During a speleological expedition, a collapsing cave becomes a death trap for a group of young men and women exploring it. Trapped in the bowels of the earth and shrouded in darkness, the group is forced to make a macabre calculation: someone must be eaten so the others can survive.
Direction: Gianluca Abbate, Angelo Cretella
Producer: Università del Piemonte Orientale
In the gipsoteca, together with the VR experience ‘Dans la grotte’, an exhibition inspired by Gianluca Abbate’s trailer for Animaphix 2025 will be open to public.
Gianluca Abbate
He is an artist and director. His works have been exhibited in exhibitions and museums such as the Triennale di Milano, the MOCA Hiroshima, the Torrance Art Museum in Los Angeles, the MAXXI, MACRO and MAM in Rome. He has participated in numerous film festivals, including the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Pesaro, Torino Film Festival. His works have been broadcast on ARTE France. He was awarded in Turin, at Visioni Italiane, with the Nastro d’Argento among other prizes.
Angelo Cretella
Born in Succivo (Caserta) in 1979, he graduated in Philosophy from the Federico II University of Naples. He began directing short films at the age of twenty and has continued to make films ever since. He has organized numerous workshops and collaborates with the Universities of Turin and Naples and with the publishing house Bompiani.