At the End of the Tunnel (Spanish: Al final del túnel) is a 2016 Argentine crime thriller film directed by Rodrigo Grande.The film won best movie at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2017.The movie was produced both by Argentine capitals, and Spanish ones (to a lesser extent). One of the actors, Pablo Echarri, also gave his support with his company “Árbol Contenidos”, being this, his first foray as a producer. The director was in charge of the script, who developed it in the course of five years in Storyboard format.At the End of the Tunnel 2016.
All those involved in the production, highlighted that, “Except for the two outdoors scenes, everything was recreated in studios: The protagonist’s house, the basement where the robbers hide, and even the tunnel to real scale in a construction of fifty meters”.
The main female role is covered by the Spanish actress Clara Lago, (who was the protagonist of Ocho apellidos vascos and its sequel Ocho apellidos catalanes). Lagos character’s, “Berta”, speaks español rioplatense, which was achieved by the actress in a very short time. Rodrigo Grande explained about this: “Clara arrived two weeks before the shooting, and had traditional accent. But two weeks later she was speaking in Argentine. It was amazing … She had a couch for only four days and then she handled herself.Featuring a fine turn from a wheelchair-bound Leonardo Sbaraglia and a satisfyingly twisting tunnel of a story, At the End of the Tunnel, Argentinian Rodrigo Grande’s follow-up to his award-winning A Matter of Principle, is skillfully handled suspense fare. Despite a few zig-zags too many and a couple of stylistic false notes, the movie finally feels as sweaty, claustrophobic and nervous as the title implies, staying on just the right side of excess. The kind of film that forces the viewer to suspend disbelief in exchange for a good dose of adrenaline, Tunnel’s tight focus on crowd-pleasing strategies suggests that it could see the light beyond the Spanish-language territories which are its natural home.