Samuele, an anxious young boy and slingshot aficionado with a lazy eye, is among the memorable locals who take a turn in the spotlight alongside migrants in Gianfranco Rosi’s beautiful and moving neorealist documentary. Brilliantly juxtaposing the side-by-side relationship of a small Sicilian island’s residents with the desperate people trying to reach her shores, Fire at Sea won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Samuele, an anxious young boy and slingshot aficionado with a lazy eye, is among the memorable locals who take a turn in the spotlight alongside migrants in Gianfranco Rosi’s beautiful and moving neorealist documentary. Brilliantly juxtaposing the side-by-side relationship of a small Sicilian island’s residents with the desperate people trying to reach her shores, Fire at Sea won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
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