Luzzu

2021 [MT]

Action / Drama

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 60 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78%
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 2143 2.1K

black market fishing fisherman father malta change vs tradition

Plot summary

Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby.

Director

Alex Camilleri Photo
Alex Camilleri

Top cast

Seda Güven Photo
Seda Güven as Seda
Stephen Buhagiar Photo
Stephen Buhagiar as Jesmark's boss
Michael Sciortino Photo
Michael Sciortino as Fisheries Director
Frank Tanti Photo
Frank Tanti as Lino
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
870.73 MB
1280*694
Mt 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3
1.58 GB
1920*1040
Mt 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by amandazz100 8 / 10

An insight into the fight to maintain famiy tradition in the face of industy

As a British expat. Living in Malta, this film gave a really good insight into the tensions between traditional Malta and the current fishing industry. Whilst it's setting was magnificent and showed off Malta, the story could have been anywhere where independent small business owners are drowing under a sea of bureaucratic red tape whilst the larger players merrily sidestep whatever the regulations are, secure in the knowledge that who they know/ pay, will ensure that any repercussions will be limited. Not so the little man, where the enforcement of often petty regulations are carried out with draconian fervour, largely because those charged with the task can only realistically catch the least powerful players.The films is gritty and realistic, the acting powerful, the story line sad with a dark commentary on the effect of globalisation for us all.Well worth watching.
Reviewed by li0904426 9 / 10

"...Once there was a boat. It didn't belong to anyone. At the same time belonged to everyone..."

"Luzzu" is a sensitive film, full of allegory, and a stupendous and extraordinary performance by Jesmark Scicluna as Jesmark, a many-generation Maltese fisherman who struggles to choose between his passion for the sea and his family in the land. The director manages to draw so much reality and emotions from both Jesmark Scicluna and Filip Sertic that their passion for fishing is very clear. The film is spectacular in showing the simplicity of fishermen against the underground fishing black market, the contradictions between tradition or falling into the unfair capitalist world, going after their dreams ("...a fish stays in a bowl never grows...' or family stability.As one reviewer stated so well: "It's that kind of movies that say so much by saying almost nothing.".As one reviewer stated so well: "It's that kind of movies that say so much by saying almost nothing.".I also want to point out that the plot of this movie serves much to the current big film industry: How is it possible that a movie like this or the performance of the ensemble cast is ignored by the major award competitions????? Yeah!!!! Small and beautifully fish fighting against big sharks.
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