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La Terra Trema

1949 · 160 min

A patient, documentary-like immersion in hard lives, watching proud people grind against an unyielding order until hope slowly drains away.

Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Genres: Drama
Starring: Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso

Overview: 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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Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Genres: Drama
Starring: Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
survival
family
politics
Places: small town
sea
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Written by: Antonio Pietrangeli, Luchino Visconti
Starring: Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso, Nicola Castorino, Rosa Catalano, Rosa Costanzo, Alfio Fichera, Carmela Fichera
Music: Willy Ferrero
Cinematography: G.R. Aldo
Runtime: 160 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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