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Fire at Sea
Description
The documentary captures life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis. The main characters are a twelve-year-old boy from a local fishing family and a doctor who treats the migrants on their arrival.
The documentary captures life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis. The main characters are a twelve-year-old boy from a local fishing family and a doctor who treats the migrants on their arrival.
Actors:
Pietro Bartolo,
Mattias Cucina,
Francesco Paterna,
Samuele Pucillo,
Maria Costa,
Francesco Mannino,
Samuele Caruana,
Giuseppe Fragapane,
Maria Signorello
Pietro Bartolo
Mattias Cucina
Francesco Paterna
Samuele Pucillo
Maria Costa
15 December 1926, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Francesco Mannino
Samuele Caruana
Giuseppe Fragapane
Maria Signorello
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Gianfranco Rosi
Gianfranco Rosi
1964, Asmara, Eritrea
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January 18, 2017
A reflexive and hard critic that becomes a necessary instrument to show the prevailing level of dehumanization in society. [Full review in Spanish]
January 20, 2017
A fascinating study in contrasts, "Fire at Sea' shows how the normal and painfully abnormal exist side by side - the horrific and the serene, the tragic and the mundane, global crisis and daily humdrum.
January 18, 2017
Demolishing and poetic, hard and intelligent. Rosi's work moves away from sentimentalism and obvious narrative resources to build a free and unconventional documentary. [Full review in Spanish]
October 27, 2016
Fire at Sea is a shining example of journalism fueled by outrage and shaped by free-ranging curiosity.
January 18, 2017
A current, unmissable and noisy film, not because of what you will hear, but because of its outrageous repercussions, that maybe someday they will reach the right ears. [Full review in Spanish]
February 10, 2017
A documentary structured as a warm and avant-garde album of glittering images to slow political-poetic fire. [Full review in Spanish]
February 03, 2017
Who needs voiceovers when a director's camera has this much to say?
December 07, 2016
We feel the bewilderment of the parochial yet decent residents, the helplessness of the well-intentioned yet overwhelmed rescuers, and the anguish and disorientation of the refugees.
January 19, 2017
The end result is transporting, but also moving; it's a wake-up call, asking us to think about how much attention we really pay to what's around us, and - perhaps more importantly - what to do about it?
December 15, 2016
Though conceived as a humanitarian statement, the movie wouldn't be as memorable or challenging without its quotidian aspect.
February 08, 2017
It's a stirring testament to humanity when the patient voice of the marine patrol addresses the panicked refugees on their boat's radio.
October 28, 2016
What makes the movie worth seeing, is the sequence with the Africans chanting in the detention center about making it from Africa, through the scorching Sudanese desert and Libya, to Lampedusa.

