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Fire at Sea

Fuocoammare

2016

Gianfranco Rosi

Documentary, Self: Pietro Bartolo, Samuele Caruana, Samuele Pucillo ...

6.3

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Documentary A documentary shot on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa during the European migrant crisis, and sets the migrants' dangerous Mediterranean crossing against a background of the ordinary life of the islanders. The main characters are a twelve-year-old boy from a local fishing family and a doctor who treats the migrants on their arrival.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A delicate, decidedly noncommercial cine-poem (...) the movie feels woefully incomplete in dealing with its own subject, but leaves a haunting impression"	POS
United States	Demetrios Matheou IndieWire	"A quietly profound study in contrasts (...) This isn’t just an apt documentary, but a very fine film"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Subtle but powerful (...) Where journalism leaves off, Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare) begins"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Fire at Sea' is masterly film-making. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kate Muir The Times	"As timely as it is timeless, Gianfranco Rosi's portrait of a year on the Italian island of Lampedusa is stunning. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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