La terra trema

1948 [ITALIAN]

Action / Drama

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 82% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 6302 6.3K

fish sicily, italy boat fisherman neo realism italian neo realism

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Luchino Visconti Photo
Luchino Visconti

Top cast

Luchino Visconti Photo
Luchino Visconti as Narrator
Alfio Fichera Photo
Alfio Fichera as Michele
Antonio Pietrangeli Photo
Antonio Pietrangeli as Narrator
Antonio Arcidiacono Photo
Antonio Arcidiacono as Ntoni
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1.44 GB
960*720
Italian 2.0
Not Rated
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23.976 fps
2 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
2.67 GB
1440*1080
Italian 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 40 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

Lost somewhere between realism and neorealism, this film

Lost somewhere between realism and neorealism, this film focuses on attempted socialist leader Ntoni facing the insuperable force of a fascist-loving business owner who controls every fisherman's salary in Trezza, no matter what their output is. The film has us experiencing long drawn out shots, moments of quiet, which typically I enjoy in a film with better cinematography. As many great tracking and dolly shots as there are, the film has trouble with exposure, often right on the edge of complete underexposure.
Reviewed by William L 6 / 10

It's purely the timing of the viewing, but

It's purely the timing of the viewing, but there are many parallels between Visconti's La Terra Trema and Chloé Zhao's Nomadland - both featuring non-professional actors with nonfiction roles, (albeit to a different degree), both focusing on the social consequences of financial exploitation in a true-to-life setting, and both having received critical acclaim (Nomadland being the recipient of both the Golden Lion and the Academy Award for Best Picture, La Terra Trema a top ten film on the 1962 Sight & Sound poll). However, while logistically impressive, Visconti's film stands out as the far more straightforward and rather protracted of the two, using its nonprofessional talent in conventional dramatic contexts (where their inexperience is less of a virtue) and taking an achingly long time to hammer home its obvious (if still relevant) point, that the working class is constantly forced into unbreakable cycles of poverty and self-betterment has been demonized on a social level such that even fellow victims look down on those attempting to break the wheel, either out of prejudice or jealousy. More an academically relevant and historically significant film than a well-aged classic; the docudrama format isn't really used to its fullest here. Love how the Italian theatrical release poster looks like the cover of an old adventure novel, with a crew ferociously battling a storm in their small skiff. Just know, that borders on false advertising; nothing even remotely that exciting happens in this film's 165 minutes. (3/5)
Reviewed by Elliott B 8 / 10

A rustic setting, real looking people, and enough

A rustic setting, real looking people, and enough social commentary to make up its runtime. Glad I finally gave it a look.
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