Event

Foreign Film: LUZZU

A hardworking Maltese fisherman, Jesmark is faced with an agonizing choice. He can repair his leaky luzzu a traditional, multicolored wooden fishing boat in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Or he can decommission it in exchange for an EU payout and cast his lot with a sinister black-market operation that is decimating the Mediterranean fish population and the livelihoods of the local families who depend on it. Luzzu won a Sundance Jury Prize for its nonprofessional lead actor Jesmark Scicluna, a real-life Maltese fisherman, and heralds the arrival of writer-director-editor Alex Camilleri. His gripping film operates in the neorealist tradition of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rosselini, and the Dardenne brothers and calls to mind the work of his mentor Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, The White Tiger), also a producer of the film.

Cast
Jesmark Scicluna
Michela Farrugia
David Scicluna

Crew
Directed by Alex Camilleri
Writer Alex Camilleri
Produced by Rebecca Anastasi, Ramin Bahrani, Alex Camilleri and Oliver Mallia

Year: 2021
Running Time: 95
Color Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Country: Malta
Language: Maltese with English subtitles