The Wide Blue Road (Italian: La grande strada azzurra) is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
The Wide Blue Road | |
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Directed by | Gillo Pontecorvo |
Written by | Ennio De Concini Gillo Pontecorvo Maleno Malenotti |
Story by | Franco Solinas |
Produced by | Maleno Malenotti |
Starring | Yves Montand Alida Valli |
Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Music by | Carlo Franci |
Distributed by | G.E.S.I. Cinematografica |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Countries | France Italy West Germany Yugoslavia |
Language | Italian |
Plot
editThe story follows the harsh rugged life of a poor fisherman on La Maddalena. In a desperate effort to improve the lives of his family he begins to fish illegally using bombs instead of relying on nets. However this method invokes the hatred of the other fishermen.
Cast
edit- Alida Valli - Rosetta
- Yves Montand - Squarciò
- Francisco Rabal - Salvatore
- Umberto Spadaro - Marshal
- Peter Carsten - Rivo
- Federica Ranchi - Diana
- Terence Hill - Renato
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