Sea Countrymen

(1955)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 24 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1955

Runtime: 11 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Vittorio De Seta

Plot

Sicily, Granitola, 1955. At the first light of dawn, the fishermen set out in their boats for open water, timing the rhythm of their oars to murmured chants. They set their nets in the sea, regulate the cords, organize the boats in a square. The men’s work becomes increasingly harder as the tuna are hoisted onto the boats, wriggling, beating their tails until death arrives and the water is tinged with blood.