Levels of Greed

In the Spanish film The Platform (directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, Netflix, 2020), prisoners are held captive in a massive underground penitentiary comprising a seemingly limitless number of levels. Every day, a platform filled with food progressively descends to each level for two minutes, giving famished inmates an opportunity to eat. Those on the higher levels naturally consume the majority of the food on the platform, while those on the lower levels are left with scraps. The film provi...