No time is wasted in preliminaries and during the opening credits the boys are already in deep (literally) troubles. The operation involved more than 10,000 people, including over 100 divers and many rescue workers and those champions that worked relentlessly and restlessly, away from the spotlight, are the real protagonists of the film. However, Netflix had already acquired the rights for a mini-series and therefore “The Cave” concentrates its focus on the rescue team and this, in reality, is what makes, it really special. It is easy to imagine that such a worldwide famous event was going to be sought-after material for film-makers, producers and storytellers in general and Waller tried to secure a deal with The Ministry of Culture, that was guarding the rights of the boys. “ The Cave” is screening at the BFI London Film Festival 2019 The rescue was successful in the end, and the boys were all brought back to safety, however the mission costed the life to a brave ex-Thai navy seal, Saman Kunan, to whom the film is dedicated. Thai-Irish director Tom Waller has now turned these 18 days into a film, “ The Cave”, that had its World premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival and North American premiere at the Vancouver Film Festival. The news reports about the boys, a junior football team called “Wild Boars” and their coach, were followed by the whole world with trepidation while support and assistance were arriving from everywhere. If you haven’t been living in a (different) cave for the last year and a half, chances are you were on the edge of your chair for more than 2 weeks last summer, following the misadventures and the rescue of 13 children trapped in the flooded underground cave complex of Tham Luang, in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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