The Wide Blue Road
1957 French film
- 22 November 1957 (1957-11-22)
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Italy
West Germany
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The Wide Blue Road (Italian: La grande strada azzurra) is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
Plot
The 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
- Alida Valli - Rosetta
- Yves Montand - Squarciò
- Francisco Rabal - Salvatore
- Umberto Spadaro - Marshal
- Peter Carsten - Rivo
- Federica Ranchi - Diana
- Terence Hill - Renato
External links
- The Wide Blue Road at IMDb
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Films directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
- The Wide Blue Road (1957)
- Kapo (1960)
- The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- Burn! (1969)
- Ogro (1979)
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