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La grande strada azzurra / Maleno Malenotti presenta ; un film di co-produzione Italo-Franco-Tedesco, Ge. S. I. Cinematografica, Play-Art, Eichberg Film ; prodotto da Maleno Melanotti ; regia, Gillo Pontecorvo.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Fishers--Italy--Drama.
- Fishers.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Wide blue road
- Place of Publication:
- Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Films, 1957.
- Language Note:
- In Italian ; with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The Wide Blue Road (La Grande Strada Azzurra), is the remarkable debut feature directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, famed for The Battle of Algiers (1966) and BURN! (1969), in a beautiful, newly restored version thanks to the efforts of Jonathan Demme, Dustin Hoffman and Milestone Film.Set in a fishing village off Italy's Dalmatian coast, under a brilliant, turquoise sky, Yves Montand plays Squarcio, a rogue fisherman who manages to feed his family (his wife played by the exquisite Alida Valli) by tossing bombs into the water to kill the maximum number of fish. When a new chief of police puts Squarcio's illegal and dangerous exploits under closer scrutiny, his livelihood is threatened. Montand's unforgettable, complex character is part working-class hero, part macho-cowboy, part 1950s sex symbol at sea.
- Participant:
- Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Peter Carsten, Federica Ranchi, Mario Girotti, Umberto Spadaro.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Original version:
- OCLC:
- 971302166
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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