Cuatro hombres son enviados a la selva sudamericana por una compañia petrolera para transportar nitroglicerina hasta un pozo incendiado. Una tensa situacion se vive en el campamento, donde solo se respira muerte y desesperacion.

A masterclass in sustained dramatic tension, Clouzot’s white-knuckle thriller won both Berlinale’s Golden Bear and Cannes’ Grand Prix. This nihilistic journey to the heart of corporate greed and personal obsession shudders with edge-of-your-seat thrills, as every bump in the road is viscerally felt.