Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Luchino Visconti, Nicola Castorino, Rosa Catalano ...( see more  see more... ) , Venera Bonaccorso

Director Luchino Visconti's haunting film presents a wrenching study of a family struggling to find happiness against the backdrop of Sicily's fishing community. Real Sicilian locals played all the vi...( read more  read more... )llagers, whose lives undergo dramatic changes when they plot to overthrow the greedy wholesalers depriving them of a decent living. Against the odds, they still enjoy love, laughter and friendship within their close-knit community.

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Directed by: Luchino Visconti

Release Date: August 18, 1948

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DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002

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  • August 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.
  • May 20, 2009
    I would have enjoyed this film a lot more if it were shorter. the story was well-conceived, the acting was convincing (especially for non-actors), and certain elements of dialogue and cinematography were very touching and poetic. the pacing, however, was very slow and the overa...( read more)ll film is just very depressing. I understand how that contributes to Visconti's neorealist vision, but I think it just dragged on a bit too long.
  • January 25, 2009
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