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The Escape

2001 · 117 min · Director: Eduardo Mignogna

The Escape (2001) is a film, directed by Eduardo Mignogna. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá and Ricardo Darín. The 117-minute film holds an audience score of 6.3/10.

What The Escape Is About

In the summer of 1928, seven inmates get out of the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires through a tunnel they have been digging for months, and a miscalculation brings them up inside a coal shop run by an elderly Spanish couple. Among them are an anarchist, a confidence man, several murderers, a card cheat and an innocent man put away on a corrupt commissioner’s word. Eduardo Mignogna adapted it from his own novel, working from a real escape. The Palermo prison had been demolished, so the old jail at Ushuaia stood in for it. Each of the runaways gets a separate ending, and the film lays them over one another instead of lining them up.

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What is The Escape about?

In the summer of 1928, seven inmates get out of the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires through a tunnel they have been digging for months, and a miscalculation brings them up inside a coal shop run by an elderly Spanish couple. Among them are an anarchist, a confidence man, several murderers, a card cheat and an innocent man put away on a corrupt commissioner’s word.

Where can I watch The Escape?

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How long is The Escape?

The Escape runs for 117 minutes (1h 57m).

When did The Escape come out?

The Escape was released in 2001.

Who directed The Escape?

The Escape was directed by Eduardo Mignogna.

Who stars in The Escape?

The Escape stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Ricardo Darín, Gerardo Romano, Patricio Contreras.

What is The Escape's rating?

The Escape holds 6.5/10 on IMDb and 6.3/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 67 out of 100.

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