Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 16 wins & 28 nominations total
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- TriviaDirector Gianfranco Rosi did his own cinematography again, but used for the first time an ARRI Amira camera, which he said allowed him to shoot in dark environments: "Sometimes it looked like we had an incredible amount of light. Technology helped me a lot on this film. Being able to work with this tiny camera by myself was an incredible tool." [2016]
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Nigerian Refugee: This is my testimony... We could no longer stay in Nigeria. Many were dying. Most were bombed... We flee from Nigeria. We ran to the desert. We went Sahara Desert and many died... Raping and killing many people, and we could not stay. We flee to Libya. And Libya was a city of ISIS. And Libya was a place not to stay... On the journey on the sea, 200 passengers died. They got lost to the sea. A boat was carrying 90 passengers. Only 30 were rescued, and the rest died. Today we are alive...
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I felt right at the start that this is going to be great. The colors, the photography, the sound, everything lead to show me the harmony and the inner glow of Lampedusa and it's inhabitants, and the pragmatic, dramatic contrast of the migrants.
So much Charm. Wow! This movie is relaxes, shows drama in other ways...
Usually I don't even like slow films: with few cuts, few actions: But that one...blow me away.
It's like living there, essentially with them, feeling their emotions, the salty sea air on our skin... And I think this is mainly because of the "local actors". Rossi and the Cast made a ,,capolavoro" capturing and playing their life that way.
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- Fuego en el mar
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- Gross US & Canada
- $120,933
- Gross worldwide
- $1,178,377
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1