Terraferma
Terraferma is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Emanuele Crialese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vittorio Moroni. The film chronicles the intensification of the refugee crisis in Insular Italy in the beginning of the 2010's.
Plot
On Linosa, fishermen are punished for saving illegal immigrants (refugees) from the sea and, back on shore, letting them go, because this amounts to facilitating illegal immigration. Therefore young local Filippo does not allow them on his boat. After witnessing several deaths, Filippo changes his mind and helps a family (a mother, a little boy and a newborn baby) adrift at the Mediterranean sea to arrive at the Italian mainland.
Awards
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| author | Emanuele Crialese Vittorio Moroni |
|---|---|
| award | Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival |
| contentLocation | Sicily |
| director | Emanuele Crialese |
| editor | Simona Paggi |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | illegal immigration linosa little boy mediterranean sea refugee refugee crisis |
| musicBy | Franco Piersanti |
| nomination | David di Donatello for Best Director International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Fabio Massimo Cacciatori Giovanni Stabilini Marco Chimenz Riccardo Tozzi |
| productionCompany | Cattleya Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée France 2 Cinéma |
| publisher | 01 Distribution |