La Terra Trema

La Terra Trema

1948 · 162 min · IT · 7.8 (137 votes)
Dir. Luchino Visconti · Starring Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso, Nicola Castorino, Rosa Catalano, Rosa Costanzo · Music Willy Ferrero
Drama

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

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A raw, unvarnished look at the lives of Sicilian fishermen. It feels deeply authentic, capturing the struggles and solidarity of a community against overwhelming odds. A powerful, humanistic portrayal of working-class life.

grittyauthenticsomberhumanisticslow-burnItalian neorealismdocumentary-likenaturalisticblack-and-whiteclass strugglecommunitylabortradition
fishsicilyitalyboatfishermanneo realismitalian neo realism
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