Underland
Robert Petit United Kingdom, United States 2025 79 min.
We know so little about the world that resides beneath our feet. For many, the 'underworld' is an obscure place, for others a fascinating universe. This cinematic documentary takes you to places that rarely get to be seen by human eyes: from ancient holy caves, flooded sewer pipes, melting glaciers, submarine graves to a deep underground laboratory.
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Time flows differently underground. What lies beneath the Earth’s surface escapes our everyday awareness, yet it carries within itself the traces of the past. Underland, based on the bestselling book by Robert Macfarlane, explores this hidden dimension as a sensory and philosophical journey. Together with three “astronauts of the underworld,” we descend into spaces where the Earth reveals its most fragile secrets. Director Rob Petit creates a sensory masterpiece that combines breathtaking imagery with a thoughtful exploration of the planet’s concealed realms, carried by the exceptionally poetic narration of Sandra Hüller.
Produced by Darren Aronofsky, this documentary offers a meditative viewing experience through its hypnotic visuals and contemplative pace, inviting audiences to pause and reflect on these fascinating scenes from the underworld.
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Director
Robert Petit
Producer
Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Jessica Harrop, Lauren Greenwood
Production company
Planet Octopus Studios, Protozoa Pictures, Sandbox Films, Spring Films
Cinematography
Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Editing
Andy R. Worboys, Anna Price, David G. Hill, Julian Quantrill
Music
Hannah Peel
Sound
Joakim Sundström
Sales
Sandbox Films
Executive producer
ROBERT MACFARLANE, Figs Jackman, André Singer, Craig Miller, Elizabeth Radshaw, Richard Wolfe, Keith Potter
Voice over
Sandra Hüller
Sound design
Joakim Sundström
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Dialogues
English, Spanish
Subtitling
English
