Il Buco

In August 1961, speleologists from Italy’s booming North arrive on a Calabrian plateau where time stands still. The intruders discover one of the world’s deepest caves, the Bifurto Abyss, under the gaze of an old shepherd, the only witness of the pristine territory.

Nicola Lanza

(Zi' Nicola)

Antonio Lanza

Leonardo Larocca

(Doctor)

Claudia Candusso

(Speleologist)

Mila Costi

(Speleologist)

Carlos José Crespo

(Speleologist)

Jacopo Elia

(Speleologist)

Federico Gregoretti

(Speleologist)

Giovanbattista Sauro

(Speleologist)

Angelo Spadaro

(Speleologist)

Enrico Troisi

(Speleologist)

Denise Trombin

(Speleologist)

Luca Vinai

(Speleologist)

Leonardo Zaccaro

(Speleologist)

Paolo Cossi

(Speleologist and Drawer)

Pietro Armentano

(Shepherd)

Giuseppe Campolongo

(Shepherd)

Pietro Pittelli

(Shepherd / Traffic Policeman)

Angelo Antonio Santagada

(Shepherd)

Domenico Bruno

(Soldier)

Antonio Capristo

(Soldier)

Giuseppe Antonini

(Support Team Speleologist)

Angelo Iemmolo

(Support Team Speleologist)

Nino Larocca

(Support Team Speleologist)

Gianluca Selleri

(Support Team Speleologist)

Mirko Mangini

(Support Team Speleologist)

Maria Rosaria Marchetti

(Support Team Speleologist)

Giovanni Gurrieri

(Support Team Speleologist)

Francesco Fisichella

(Support Team Speleologist)

Antonio Occhipinti

(Support Team Speleologist)

Alessia Casaluci

(Support Team Speleologist)

Roberto de Marco

(Support Team Speleologist)

Francesco Ferraro

(Support Team Speleologist)

Ilaria de Marco

(Support Team Speleologist)

Giuseppe Carbone

(Priest)

Giuseppe Pizzati

(Stationmaster)

Pietro Criaco

(Ticket Collector)

Antonio Sgambelluri

(Station Worker)

Santoro Crea

(Military Driver)

Domenico Romeo

(Station Bricklayer)

Cosimo Pulitanó

(Male Master Corporal in Uniform)

Salvatore Restieri

(Deacon)

Enzo Pittelli

(Carabiniere)

Giovanni Mortati

(Site Manager)

Nicola Vito

(Butcher)

Giuseppe Francomano

(Sacristan)