La grande strada azzurra (1957)

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Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1957-11-22
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo , Maleno Malenotti
Writers: Franco Solinas , Ennio De Concini , Gillo Pontecorvo
Language: Italian
Stars: Yves Montand , Alida Valli (1921–2006) , Francisco Rabal (1926–2001) , Peter Carsten , Federica Ranchi , Terence Hill , Josip Batistic , Stane Potokar , Angelo Zanolli , Janez Vrhovec
Runtime: 99 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Das Leben ohne Gnade , A Grande Estrada Azul (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , A nagy kék országút (Hungary) , La grande strada azzurra , La Grande Route bleue (France, French Republic) , O dromos tis orgis (Greece) , Prisionero del mar (Spain) , The Wide Blue Road , Die grosse blaue Strasse , Platus mėlynas kelias (Lithuania) , Pescarii din arhipelag (Romania) , Большая голубая дорога , Den grymma vägen (Sweden) , Un dénommé Squarcio (France, French Republic) , Den store blå vegen (Norway) , Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (Austria) , Das Leben ist ohne Gnade , El gran camino azul (Mexico) , Vaarallinen saalistaja (Finland) , La grande strada azzurra (Italy) , Veliki plavi put , Wielki błękitny szlak (Poland) , La grande strada azzurra (Squarciò) (Italy) , Големият син път (Bulgaria) , Das Leben kennt keine Gnade (Germany) , El gran camino azul (Argentina) , Un dénommé Squarcio (Belgium) , 青い大きな海 (Japan) , A Grande Estrada Azul (Brazil)
Plot: Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll...
IMDB:tt0050454