Mainland (2011) ( Terraferma ) ( Sti steria (Main land) )

Mainland (2011) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Terraferma
Alternate Title: Sti steria (Main land)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Emanuele Crialese

Written By:
Emanuele Crialese
Vittorio Moroni

Actors:
Filippo Pucillo ..... Filippo
Donatella Finocchiaro ..... Giulietta
Beppe Fiorello ..... Nino
Mimmo Cuticchio ..... Ernesto
Martina Codecasa ..... Maura
Tiziana Lodato ..... Maria
Claudio Santamaria ..... Finanziere
Filippo Scarafia ..... Marco
Timnit T. ..... Sara
Pierpaolo Spollon ..... Stefano
Rubel Tsegay Abraha ..... Omar
Francesco Casisa

Synopsis:

Two women, an Island dweller and a foreigner: one dramatically influences the life of the other. But they both share the same desire for a different future, a better life for their children and the dream of the mainland. Terraferma is the desired destination of those travelling by sea, but it may also turn out to be an island with its deep-rooted traditions. The Pucillo family has to come to terms with immobility: Ernesto is 70 years old and he'd do anything to avoid having to scrap his fishing boat. His grandson Filippo is 20. His father was lost at sea and he finds himself caught up 'in time' between his grandfather Ernest and his uncle Nino, who gave up fishing in favour of 'baiting' tourists. His young, widowed mother, Giulietta, senses that this island's frozen, immutable time has turned them all into strangers and that there is no future for her nor for her son Filippo. For there to be a future they must have the courage to leave. One day, the sea propels other travellers into their lives, among them Sara and her son. Ernesto gives them refuge: it is the ancient law of the sea. However, the new laws made by man does not allow this: the life of the Pucillo family is turned upside down and they are forced to change direction.

Riding the wave of Italian immigrant dramas that have been topical for years, writer-director Emanuele Crialese's Terraferma is an unremarkable story flying a passionate moral banner. The film contrasts Italy's traditional humanist values to inhuman new laws aimed at stemming illegal immigration and insists it's morally imperative to rebel against them. Its main commercial outlet will certainly be Italy, where the terrible clash between Italian law and 'the law of the sea' will resonate the most.

A tight-knit family living on the island of Linosa, south of Sicily, find their ties stretched to the limit when a group of illegal immigrants from Africa appears in their community. Used to making their living from the ocean, the world is now encroaching in the form of tourism and the illegals forcing each member of the family to make choices.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 30 March, 2012.

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