Ordeal of Trapped Chilean Miners Depicted in 'The 33'

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is bringing the ordeal of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months to the cinema screen, five years after the drama of their rescue gripped TV viewers around the world. The men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 feet) underground after their gold-and-copper mine collapsed in Chile's northern Atacama Desert. They were feared dead until on the 17th day, knocking was heard on a drill head that had reached the depths of the mine....

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