Terraferma (2011)

Directed by

Emanuele Crialese

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fishing family on a small Italian island encounters refugees at sea. The story follows their difficult choices about whether to help people in need or follow the law.

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What happens

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 2010s. The film had its world premiere at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, and was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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