Fishing Without Nets

20142014
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1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

260

YOUR RATING

Shot in East Africa with Somali actors and directed by 2014 Sundance award-winning director, Cutter Hodierne, FISHING WITHOUT NETS tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the Somali point of view. First-time feature filmmaker Hodierne combines the epic cinematic vision of a glorious action thriller with the intimate, textured qualities of an art film, humanizing the pirates by bringing us inside their moral dilemmas and gut-wrenching struggles.

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Drama Thriller

A drama the follows a Somali who opts in on a piracy mission but then tries to extricate himself from the events.A drama the follows a Somali who opts in on a piracy mission but then tries to extricate himself from the events.A drama the follows a Somali who opts in on a piracy mission but then tries to extricate himself from the events.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

260

YOUR RATING

Director
- Cutter Hodierne
Writers
- Cutter Hodierne(story)
- John Hibey(story)
- David Burkman(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations

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Abdikani Muktar in Fishing Without Nets (2014)

Abdiwali Farrah in Fishing Without Nets (2014)

Steve Cokonis in Fishing Without Nets (2014)

Abdi Siad in Fishing Without Nets (2014)

Abdikhadir Hassan in Fishing Without Nets (2014)

Featured review

6/10

A tough, gritty, depressing watch

This is a difficult film. Difficult because it exposes the ugliness of humans. The poverty and depravity of life in Somalia driving ordinary people to piracy. There are no winners in this desperate story.

Unlike Captain Phillips, this movie gets under the skin of the pirates and their motivations. It is not pretty. There is no heroism. Just the sad rotten underbelly of "humanity".

A tough watch and in the end I am not convinced that there is a worthwhile message. Greed is bad? Don't be a pirate? Don't sail anywhere near pirates.

A long and tough watch but certainly very real.

Entertainment? I would not say so.

If you want to be depressed and get an insight into Somali piracy, then give it a go.

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