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La Terra Trema (1949)

★ 7.7/10 160 min Drama Italy Italian
Director: Luchino Visconti
Novel: Giovanni Verga
Screenplay by: Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli
Story by: Luchino Visconti
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Antonio Arcidiacono
Antonio Arcidiacono Ntoni (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arcidiacono
Giuseppe Arcidiacono Cola (uncredited)
Venera Bonaccorso
Venera Bonaccorso La Vecchia Che Ride (uncredited)
Nicola Castorino
Nicola Castorino Nicola (uncredited)
Rosa Catalano Rosa (uncredited)
Rosa Costanzo Nedda (uncredited)
Alfio Fichera Michele (uncredited)
Carmela Fichera La Baronessa (uncredited)

La Terra Trema Appears on 3 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #367

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #40

Movements

Italian Neorealism
British Film Institute #10

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