The movie "The Hole" (also known as "The Platform") is about a man named Goreng who voluntarily enrolls in a vertical self-management center known as "The Hole" in exchange for a degree. The Hole is a prison-like structure with over 300 levels, where two people are paired on each floor and must share food that is distributed from the top levels down. The food is of varying quality, and those on lower levels often starve. Goreng's journey takes him through various levels, where he encounters different characters, including a woman named Miharu who is searching for her son, and a man named Barack who wants to climb to the top level. Along the way, Goreng experiences hallucinations, violence, and moral dilemmas. The movie ends with Goreng's escape and a message being sent to the administration, but many questions are left unanswered, including the true nature of the administration, the purpose of The Hole, and the fate of the characters.
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1. The story begins with the protagonist, Góring, who voluntarily enrolls in the Vertical Self-Management Center, also known as "The Hole".
2. The Hole is a place where the administration houses some criminals, but people can also enter on their own will.
3. Góring is given a year in The Hole for accidentally killing a person by throwing a television out of the window.
4. Each person in The Hole is allowed to take an object of their choice with them.
5. Góring chooses to bring the book "Don Quixote" and a knife from a Samurai Plus infomercial.
6. The Hole is a platform with multiple levels, and each level has two people who are paired at random.
7. The food in The Hole is distributed from level 0, where the administration cooks prepare a delicious banquet that goes down level by level to feed the prisoners.
8. However, the food often doesn't reach the lower floors, and those who receive it must eat quickly before it is taken away.
9. Góring meets a companion, Tree Magazine, who has been in The Hole for 10 months.
10. Tree Magazine's plan is to eat bits of Góring to survive, but Góring is rescued by a girl named Miharu.
11. Miharu is in The Hole to find her son, but it is later revealed that this is just a story and she was actually admitted alone.
12. Góring and Miharu try to escape The Hole, but she dies in the process.
13. Góring meets a new companion, Barack, who has a rope and plans to climb to level 0.
14. Barack and Góring try to distribute food to the lower levels, but their plan is met with resistance from the other prisoners.
15. They meet a wise man who suggests sending a message to the administration, and they choose to send a pannacotta.
16. Along the way, they find Miharu, who is in trouble, but she dies, and Barack is killed by another prisoner.
17. Góring is left alone and continues to descend the platform, eventually reaching level 333, which is the last level.
18. There, he finds Miharu's daughter, who is hungry, and they spend the night together.
19. The next day, Góring climbs up the platform with the girl and reaches the top, where he is met by Primagas, who tells him to get off.
20. Góring obeys and gets off the platform, and the movie ends with him going up the platform, but it is unclear what happens to him next.