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Director:
Writers:
Antonio Pietrangeli (dialogue)
Antonio Pietrangeli (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1957 (USA) more
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In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Man of Aran This Ain't.... more (12 total)

Cast

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Antonio Arcidiacono ... Ntoni (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arcidiacono ... Cola (uncredited)
Venera Bonaccorso ... La vecchia che ride (uncredited)
Nicola Castorino ... Nicola (uncredited)
Rosa Catalano ... Rosa (uncredited)
Rosa Costanzo ... Nedda (uncredited)
Alfio Fichera ... Michele (uncredited)
Carmela Fichera ... La baronessa (uncredited)
Rosario Galvagno ... Don Salvatore, il maresciallo dei carabinieri (uncredited)
Agnese Giammona ... Lucia (uncredited)
Nelluccia Giammona ... Mara (uncredited)
Giovanni Greco ... (uncredited)
Ignazio Maccarone ... Maccarone (uncredited)
Giovanni Maiorana ... Un bambino (uncredited)
Antonino Micale ... Vanni (uncredited)
Maria Micale ... La madre (uncredited)
Concettina Mirabella ... (uncredited)
Angelo Morabito ... Un cliente dell'osteria (uncredited)
Pasquale Pellegrino ... Pescatore (uncredited)
Amilcare Pettinelli ... Voce narrante (uncredited)
Antonio Pietrangeli ... Voce narrante (uncredited)
Alfio Valastro ... Bandiera (uncredited)
Antonino Valastro ... Pandolla (uncredited)
Francesco Valastro ... Afro (uncredited)
Lorenzo Valastro ... Lorenzo (uncredited)
Raimondo Valastro ... Raimondo (uncredited)
Salvatore Valastro ... Il pignoratore (uncredited)
Santo Valastro ... Santo (uncredited)
Sebastiano Valastro ... Il padre (uncredited)
Giuseppe Vicari ... Piccola (uncredited)
Salvatore Vicari ... Alfio (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti ... Voce narrante (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La terra trema: Episodio del mare
The Earth Trembles
The Earth Will Tremble
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Runtime:
160 min | France:152 min | Germany:92 min (video version)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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The cast was exclusively composed of non-professional actors. They were genuine fishermen and inhabitants of Aci Trezza (Sicily). The credits doesn't give the name of any of the actors; they are collectively listed as "Pescatori Siciliani" (Sicilian Firshermen). more
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3 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Man of Aran This Ain't...., 22 June 2002
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Author: Manicheus

Too much of the off-camera narration as if we were watching a puppet show. There are better examples in the neorealist field because structurally Visconti makes it half fictional story and half documentary. Flaherty did a much better, more eloquent job on a similar (desperately poor fishermen folk) theme without any words used in MAN OF ARAN. The only thing I really liked about this film is the Sicilian dialect which does not contain any decipherable Italian words. Like Central and Southern Spain the Arabic influence here was very powerful and the insular culture fought a hard battle to keep its own identity (not Italian and not Arabic). Not a very great film from a director who is very highly regarded but for me is not in the league with the best of Italian filmmakers.

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