Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz Take Their New Thriller to Terrifying Places | TIFF Review
Florian Zeller’s thriller Bunker stars Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz as Miguel and Sofia, a wealthy London-based couple whose troubled marriage begins to fracture. Miguel’s work designing a survival bunker for an eccentric billionaire intensifies disagreements about privilege, family responsibilities and their contrasting feelings about the life they have built together.
The 126-minute film combines domestic tension, suspicion and dark comedy, with mounting unease involving Sofia’s stalled career, Miguel’s jealousy, their daughters’ emotional distance and a neighbour’s intrusive new window. Although some supporting characters and ideas are underdeveloped, the review praises Bardem and Cruz’s performances, describing the film as thoughtful, suspenseful and sharply made.
- A wealthy couple’s marriage unravels amid a billionaire’s bunker project.
- Privilege, jealousy and family tensions drive the suspense.
- Strong performances make the uneven thriller worth watching.