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Movie Info

Antonio (Maria Micale) returns to his home in an Italian fishing village, convinced that he can buck the long-entrenched practices of low-paying wholesalers by purchasing his own fishing boat and running his own business. Unfortunately, going solo is extremely demanding, and when a disaster at sea severely damages his boat, he finds that he must again work for his rivals. His family begins to disintegrate from the stress and misfortune, as do his dreams of social justice.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Italian
Director:

Luchino Visconti
Producer:

Salvo D'Anglo
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 22, 2016
Runtime:

2h 40m

Cast & Crew

Antonio Arcidiacono
'Ntoni

Salvatore Vicari
Alfio

Maria Micale
la madre

Sebastiano Valastro
il padre

Antonio Micale
Vanni

Nelluccia Giammona
Mara

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Critic Reviews for La Terra Trema

All Critics (10) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (1)

This one-way pathos trundles along for three hours slowly, glumly, predictably.

August 13, 2019 | Full Review…

Dwight MacDonald
Esquire Magazine
It's as if Sicily has existed in a bubble, unchanging for a century as sons take over the boats of their fathers and children apprentice at their feet, taking their place in "a hopeless slavery."

April 25, 2015 | Full Review…

Sean Axmaker
Parallax View
Luchino Visconti's epic account of peasant defiance inflamed and squelched, where to live in poverty is to drown on dry land

April 17, 2015 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
It's a rough slog... but La terra trema shows that Visconti, with just his second feature, was already a master of the medium.

August 21, 2012 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Christopher Long
Movie Metropolis
Visconti used real Sicilian fishermen as non-actors expressing their circumstances and beliefs. The effect is a powerful portrait of graceful human dignity caught between the cruelty of the sea and opportunistic greed.

April 12, 2009 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…

Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
It has an operatic quality.

October 10, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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June 26, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Operatic neo-realist tale of downtrodden fishermen

January 26, 2005 | Full Review…

Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews
It's a remarkable social document.

November 25, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
One of the greatest films to emerge from the Italian neorealist movement.

October 26, 2002 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for La Terra Trema

Nov 16, 2015

A sadly misguided film that deserves more credit for what it wants to say than for how it does it, since it is marred by stiff, unnatural performances by non-actors (like watching a school play), heavy-handed dialogue, a redundant narration and a formal rigor not so in tune with the kind of neorealist docufiction that Visconti wants to make.

Carlos M Super Reviewer
Sep 19, 2011

A longstanding monument of neo-realism made by an aspiring Italian communist that openly criticized neoliberalism in the world's economy. Labor exploitation has always been a politically important issue. <i>La Terra Trema: Episodio del Mare</i> is a controversial and extraordinary masterpiece, even visually, with the powerful presence of the sea as an inert character, as a prophet of upcoming misfortunes. Nature is not the one to blame, or destiny, for that matter; it's the economic structure. 100/100

Edgar C Super Reviewer
Aug 28, 2008

Black and white films used to prevent us several times from actually noticing the underlying notes.The incredible fact is..Terra Trema must be one of the openly,politically charged emeralds of film-making.The fishermen are nothing more but pawns of the system,the all-seeing machine.

Dimitris S Super Reviewer