The Duel

The Duel

Modern problems, Historic solutions

2024100 min5.4 / 10

A surreal, darkly comedic odyssey that blends existential philosophy with absurdist humor, using a duel and a time-bending cave journey to explore betrayal and meaning.

When a friend group is torn apart by betrayal, they decide to settle their differences in the most old school of ways. Leaving their modern home of Los Angeles, they embark on a bizarre adventure that seemingly takes them back in time across an underground cave river. Cocaine. Existentialism. A four hundred and fifty pound pig. True love. Cosmic jokes. Mexico?

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