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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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Luchino Visconti
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Antonio Pietrangeli
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Antonio Arcidiacono
- Ntoni
- (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arcidiacono
- Cola
- (uncredited)
Venera Bonaccorso
- La vecchia che ride
- (uncredited)
Nicola Castorino
- Nicola
- (uncredited)
Rosa Catalano
- Rosa
- (uncredited)
Rosa Costanzo
- Nedda
- (uncredited)
Alfio Fichera
- Michele
- (uncredited)
Carmela Fichera
- La baronessa
- (uncredited)
Agnese Giammona
- Lucia
- (uncredited)
Nelluccia Giammona
- Mara
- (uncredited)
Ignazio Maccarone
- Maccarone
- (uncredited)
Giovanni Maiorana
- Un bambino
- (uncredited)
Antonino Micale
- Vanni
- (uncredited)
Maria Micale
- La madre
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Antonio Pietrangeli(uncredited)
- Giovanni Verga(uncredited)
- Luchino Visconti(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen financing fell through, Visconti was forced to sell some of his mother's jewelry and one of the family's apartments in Rome to finish the film.
- Quotes
Title Card: [in Italian] In Sicily, Italian is not the language of the poor.
- Alternate versionsWas originally released without Italian narration, but it flopped because the Italian audience could not understand the Sicilian dialect. Visconti re-released it with his own narration, which many find detracts from the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)
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This is a riveting movie!
I saw this movie Friday night on TCM. I'd never heard of it, but I'm a neorealismo fan, so I watched. I'm sorry I didn't tape it, what an epic! Like "The bicycle thief," this movie uses real people, and almost feels like a documentary at times. I agree that the sentiments are rather marxist, but I have to admit that if I lived as these people do, I might be drawn to communism, too. There are some subtle (or maybe not so subtle) references to the politics of the times, wall posters about Mussolini and the hammer and sickle images painted on the walls. Oddly, this movie reminded me somewhat of "Man of Aran," the images are that stark, life is that bleak. The film is beautifully shot, and the story is wrenching. Watch it if you get the opportunity. It memorializes a way of life that is gone, and I'll bet there's not a single person who misses it.
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- madmad
- Jun 23, 2002
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- Runtime2 hours 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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