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The Tunnel
The Tunnel
	Official film poster
Norwegian	Tunnelen
Directed by	Pål Øie
Written by	Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
Produced by	Einar Loftesnes; John Einar Hagen
Starring	Thorbjørn Harr; Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes
Cinematography	Sjur Aarthun
Music by	Martin Todsharow; Lars Löhn
Production; company	Nordisk Film
Release date	December 25, 2019 (Norway);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

The Tunnel (Norwegian: Tunnelen) is a 2019 Norwegian disaster thriller film directed by Pål Øie.^[1] The film follows the WSV driver Stein, played by Thorbjørn Harr, during a tunnel fire in a 9 kilometer long road tunnel.^[2]

During The Kanon Award 2019, the film won the Audience Award and was also nominated in the category to Best Producer (John Einar Hagen and Einar Loftesnes) and Best Sound Design (Hugo Ekornes).^[3]^[4] During the Amanda Award 2020, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes won the class for Best Supporting Actress for the film.^[5]

Plot

At Christmas a tanker truck crashes in a Norwegian tunnel, causing a big fire to break out. Elise, the daughter of volunteer firefighter Stein Berge, is trapped with many other people in the tunnel. Now Stein and his colleagues try to save everyone.

Cast

Thorbjørn Harr as Stein
Ylva Lyng Fuglerud as Elise
Lisa Carlehed as Ingrid
Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes as Andrea
Peter Førde as Kurt
Mikkel Bratt Silset as Ivar
Per Egil Aske as Christian
Jan Gunnar Røise as Gunnar
Silje Breivik as Mia

Reception

Critical response

According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.^[6]

References

^ Loayza, Beatrice (April 8, 2021). "'The Tunnel' Review: Fire in the Hole". The New York Times. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
^ "Tunnelen". p3.no (in Norwegian). December 17, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ ""Barn", "Håp" og "Ut og stjæle hester" fikk flest Kanonpriser". rushprint.no (in Norwegian). March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "Her er de nominerte til Kanonprisen 2020 – Håp og Barn leder an". montages.no (in Norwegian). March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ ""Barn" satt Amanda-rekord". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). August 14, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "The Tunnel (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

External links

The Tunnel at IMDb

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[1] Loayza, Beatrice (April 8, 2021). "'The Tunnel' Review: Fire in the Hole". The New York Times. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

[2] "Tunnelen". p3.no (in Norwegian). December 17, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[3] ""Barn", "Håp" og "Ut og stjæle hester" fikk flest Kanonpriser". rushprint.no (in Norwegian). March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[4] "Her er de nominerte til Kanonprisen 2020 – Håp og Barn leder an". montages.no (in Norwegian). March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[5] ""Barn" satt Amanda-rekord". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). August 14, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[6] "The Tunnel (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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