{"id":80368,"date":"2022-01-16T17:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=80368"},"modified":"2022-01-17T00:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T07:07:10","slug":"terra-trema-la-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=80368","title":{"rendered":"Terra Trema, La (1948)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Fear for hunger haunts the fishermen.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-80369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster-726x1024.png 726w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster-768x1084.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster-191x270.png 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Poster.png 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA family of Sicilian fishermen in the coastal village town of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aci_Trezza\">Aci Trezza<\/a> struggle to open and keep their own business going, rather than selling to middlemen.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fishermen<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Labor Movements<\/li>\n<li>Luchino Visconti Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLuchino Visconti&#8217;s second feature-length narrative film was this &#8220;docufiction&#8221; outing with a cast of all uncredited native Sicilians, very loosely based on Giovanni Verga&#8217;s 1881 novel <em>I Malavoglia<\/em>. It tells a brutal tale of a working class family (the Valastros) attempting to exercise their right to self-determination, but failing miserably through no fault of their own (their boat is destroyed in extreme weather), then being mocked or shunned by nearly all around them. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Standing.png 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Anyone expecting a happy resolution will be disappointed; rather, one should go into this film knowing that Visconti meant to make a trilogy (with the final film ending on a more triumphant note), but stopped here. On the plus side, the non-professional cast is highly photogenic, and effective at simply playing a version of themselves (below is Antonio Arcidiacono as the oldest son in the Valastro family): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still7.png 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>There are a few moments of gentle poignancy and sweetness: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Romance.png 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but for the most part, we are simply reminded by this movie that life in post-WWII Italy was hard-scrabble for most, and that it was nearly impossible to survive without relying on <em>noblesse oblige<\/em> and unquestioningly accepting one&#8217;s role in the class-based status quo. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still3.png 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror-1024x741.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror-1024x741.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror-373x270.png 373w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Mirror.png 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent use of authentic locales and daily life<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies-1024x734.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies-1024x734.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies-377x270.png 377w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/La-Terra-Trema-Anchovies.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still-1024x775.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-80376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still-357x270.png 357w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Terra-Trema-Still.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical significance within neo-realist cinema. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040866\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/la-terra-trema\/review\/2030123922\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/563790\/la-terra-trema#articles-reviews?articleId=484301\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fear for hunger haunts the fishermen.&#8221; Synopsis: A family of Sicilian fishermen in the coastal village town of Aci Trezza struggle to open and keep their own business going, rather than selling to middlemen. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Fishermen Italian Films Labor Movements Luchino Visconti Films Review: Luchino Visconti&#8217;s second feature-length narrative film was this &#8220;docufiction&#8221; outing with a cast of all uncredited native Sicilians, very loosely based on Giovanni Verga&#8217;s 1881 novel I Malavoglia. It tells a brutal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=80368\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80368"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80393,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80368\/revisions\/80393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}