Terraferma (2011)

Director:

Emanuele Crialese

Writers:

Emanuele Crialese (story)
Vittorio Moroni (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 September 2011 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island. |

Plot Keywords:

Island | Immigrant | Beach | Ethiopian | Widow

Awards:

12 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Filippo Pucillo	...	Filippo
Donatella Finocchiaro	...	Giulietta
Beppe Fiorello	...	Nino (as Giuseppe Fiorello)
Mimmo Cuticchio	...	Ernesto
Martina Codecasa	...	Maura
Tiziana Lodato	...	Maria
Claudio Santamaria	...	Finanziere
Filippo Scarafia	...	Marco
Timnit T.	...	Sara
Pierpaolo Spollon	...	Stefano
Rubel Tsegay Abraha	...	Omar
Lois Clottey	...	Bimba Sara
Filippo Luna	...	Dottore
Giovanni Cintura	...	Tonino
Tindaro Veca	...	Pasquale
Biagio Barone	...	Vecchio pescatore
Carmelo Marchetta	...	Vecchio pescatore
Antonino Bellomo	...	Vecchio pescatore (as Nino Bellomo)
Carmelo Cannavò	...	Pescatore (as Carmelo Rosario Cannavò)
Vincenzo Saltalamacchia	...	Pescatore
Piero Oscar Cardamone	...	Franco
Fabio Pucillo	...	Banda Franco
Roberto Pucillo	...	Banda Franco
Silvio Inguanta	...	Banda Franco
Eugenio Bonadonna	...	Banda Franco
Mary Di Malta	...	Donna biglietteria
Pasquale Giardina	...	Prete

Directed by
Emanuele Crialese

Writing credits
Emanuele Crialese		(story)
Vittorio Moroni		(screenplay) and
Emanuele Crialese		(screenplay)

Produced by
Fabio Massimo Cacciatori	....	associate producer
Marco Chimenz	....	producer
Fabio Conversi	....	producer
Matteo De Laurentiis	....	executive producer
Giovanni Stabilini	....	producer
Riccardo Tozzi	....	producer

Original Music by
Franco Piersanti

Cinematography by
Fabio Cianchetti

Film Editing by
Simona Paggi

Casting by
Chiara Agnello

Production Design by
Paolo Bonfini

Costume Design by
Eva Coen

Makeup Department
Marzia Colomba	....	assistant hair stylist
Massimo Gattabrusi	....	hair designer
Chiara Ugolini	....	assistant makeup artist
Alessandra Vita	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Federico Foti	....	unit production manager
Valentino Lo Cascio	....	assistant production manager
Simone Sterpetti	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vincenzo Rosa	....	second assistant director
Stefano Ruggeri	....	second assistant director
Emiliano Torres	....	assistant director

Art Department
D'Ubaldi Cinzia	....	digital intermediate assistant
Erminio Lauri	....	digital artist
Giuseppe Liotti	....	storyboard artist
Marco Ruggieri	....	digital artist

Sound Department
Jacopo Anzellotti	....	sound effects editor
Luca Anzellotti	....	foley editor
Massimo Anzellotti	....	foley artist
Angelo Bonanni	....	boom operator
Davide D'Onofrio	....	boom operator
Vincent Gregorio	....	sound assistant
Vincent Guillon	....	sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pierre-Yves Lavoué	....	sound mixer
Johann Nallet	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Loïc Prian	....	sound editor
Velislava Stoyanova	....	second boom operator

Visual Effects by
Andrea Baracca	....	digital color timing
Fabio Luongo	....	visual effects artist: Visualogie
Stefano Marinoni	....	visual effects supervisor
Federica Nisi	....	visual effects coordinator
Paola Trisoglio	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Luigi Andrei	....	camera operator
Alessio Bastianelli	....	first assistant camera
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Claudio Frollano	....	gaffer
Alias Gallione	....	second assistant camera
Romualdo Nati	....	supertechnocrane technician
Massimo Rinella	....	grip
Marco Sticchi	....	electrician
Giovanni Tancredi	....	electrician
Marco Tani	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paolo Tiberti	....	key grip

Casting Department
Maurilio Mangano	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margherita Meddi	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Andrea Baracca	....	colorist
Iolanda Pinna	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Joshua Berman	....	music coordinator
Goffredo Gibellini	....	score mix engineer
Angelo Giovagnoli	....	orchestra coordinator
Giannandrea Mazza	....	music pre-production
Roma Film Orchestra	....	music performed by

Other crew
Joshua Berman	....	co-production supervisor
Francesco Casisa	....	runner
Federica Cinquepalmi	....	assistant production coordinator
Claudia Croce	....	production assistant
Clemence Forestier	....	chief financial officer: Babe films
Giovanni Giardina	....	runner
Christian Giuliani	....	production coordinator
Giuseppe La Russa	....	production office assistant
Marco Mattei	....	production accountant
Francesca Romana Miani	....	production assistant
Erica Negri	....	development coordinator
Christian Peritore	....	location manager
Nathanaël Poupin	....	business & legal affairs
Antonia Tammaro	....	assistant accountant
Natale Aldo Tuccio	....	runner

Production Companies

• Cattleya
• Babe Film (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Rai Cinema (in collaboration with)
• Canal+ (in collaboration with)
• CinéCinéma (in collaboration with)
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) (support)
• Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée (CNC) (support)
• Cinesicilia (support)
• Sicilia Film Commission (support)
• Regione Siciliana (support)
• Sensi Contemporanei Cinema e Audiovisivo (support)

Distributors

• 01 Distribution (2011) (Italy) (theatrical)
• ABC Distribution (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Bellissima Films (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Crest International (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Alambique Destilaria de Ideias Unipessoal (2012) (Portugal) (all media)
• Film1 (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Homescreen (2012) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mozinet (2012) (Hungary) (all media)
• Vértigo Films (2012) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• Digital Records Roma  music recorded & mixed at
• Roma Film Orchestra  music performed by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | Sicilian | Amharic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Italy:T | Japan:PG12

Filming Locations:

Linosa, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Cattleya

Trivia:

Italy's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards 2012.

Soundtrack:

Le Vent Nous Portera

Superior Italian Boat People piece.

A remarkable film from a group of busy Italian film makers whose output is largely unknown in the English speaking world, though the director's RESPIRO did get some sub-titled screening. This one deserves the Oscar it's been put up for.

Hardships among Sicilian fishermen (oh oh) who become involved with I clandestini - illegal immigrants (Oh Oh!) but this one has a sharper edge than the do gooder-films that usually make their way into art theatres. The night time white water advancing on the small boat has genuine menace and the again admirable Finocchiaro turning on the black woman they saved, when pregnant and abandoned by her fellow escapees, is all the more effective because it's unfamiliar. The film is not without compassion but underlays it with a new realism.

Cast, crisp camera-work, sunny scenes of ocean front life, the spectacle of half clothed tourist merry makers, whose relation with the locals is as dodgy as that of the Africans, all add to the impact of an involving and accomplished production.