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THE EARTH TREMBLES

LA TERRA TREMA

By Luchino VISCONTI

VIGGO SRL - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, ITALY

Drama - Completed 1948

Entirely set and shot in a small village on the east coast of Sicily and using non-professional actors, La terra trema tells the story of a fishing family which attempts to escape from poverty and exploitation by becoming the owner of its own boat.

- Year of production
- 1948
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- ITALY
- Languages
- ITALIAN
- Duration
- 160 mn
- Director(s)
- Luchino VISCONTI
- Writer(s)
- Luchino VISCONTI, Mario SERANDREI
- Cast
- Antonio ARCIDIACONI, Salvatore VICARI, Maria MICALE, Sebastiano VALASTRO
- Producer(s)
- Salvo D'ANGELO (Universalia)
- Synopsis
- The story takes place in Aci Trezza (Jaci Trizza), a small fishing village on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.
  It tells about the exploitation of working-class fishermen, specifically that of the eldest son of a very traditional village family, the Valastros.
  'Ntoni convinces his family to mortgage their house in order to catch and sell fish themselves and make more money than they were already receiving from the wholesalers who had controlled the market with their low prices for a long time.
  Everything goes well until a storm ruins the family's boat, leaving them with nothing to keep the new business going. Following this disaster, the family experiences several awful events such as having to leave the house, the death of the grandfather, and 'Ntoni and his brothers being obliged to return to fish for the wholesalers.