A fisherman swore off the sea—then his son's secret dragged him back under.
After a boat accident where he puts his son Flavio’s life at risk, fisherman Capudemazza decides to never go fishing again. Ten years later a discovery about his son awakens a feeling in him that had been buried.
Acting
Ferracane's face does three acts of tragedy.
Cinematography
The sea as character—beautiful and menacing.
Director
Dario di Viesto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Di Viesto shot in his native Puglia, casting local fishermen whose weathered faces do half the storytelling.
The film quietly interrogates southern Italian machismo—where the sea provides and destroys, and silence is the only language men trust.
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