- The life and the soul of fishermen, where the triumph of a lifetime of sacrifices finds its right appreciation in family ties and in the true values we too often tend to ignore or forget they exist.
- Focuses on the intense lives of fishermen in Italy, how they deal with the demanding and difficult lives they must lead out on the seas and how they grapple with the struggles of being away from family as well as the challenges of being in a risky line of work.—jsmisko-41770
- The generational tradition, the respect for the sea, the fear and the challenge of man's adventure, the survival to eat and trade. Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed. The ports of small towns in Italy are different. They have changed, over the years. Deeply changed. Yet, their richness hasn't changed. They are rich in mankind, so varied and bursting, noisy and tireless. Multi-ethnic: north African people, Ceylonese people, Indians, Egyptians. It's wrong to claim that something, once change occurs, should be considered "dead". Traditions won't perish as long as we hear those raucous voices, that peculiar expression, the accent of those "oldies" we've grown up with and who are still working with the same courageous old-time determination. And in spite of everything. "Each tuna fish has its own way of fighting": this is the spirit of a real story made up of real lives, shaped by sacrifices and strain, lived by people who know the sea so well to the point they know that each tuna fish has its way of resisting and fighting back once it's caught. Many small gestures, minimal tiles creating a big mosaic, that unveiled a boundless passion for the sea. That same sea that the most faithful fishermen would never give in. Despite the strain, the cold, the early rising. Even when time flies, and the days passing by seem to call them back for a break. The sea must be respected. The sea is afraid of no one, a fisherman instead has many reasons to be scared every time he leaves the mainland. Fishermen swear devotion to the sea and indeed they devote most of their time to it. To the point of risking to disappoint their children because of their prolonged absences, those same children to whom they give bread thanks to their hard work. Seamen, often have dark skin and sea in their blood. Able to navigate by simply looking at a star. Like modern Peter Pans unable to grow old, despite the wrinkles furrowed by sea salt.
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