Terraferma

Set on and around a summer tourist island off the coast of Sicily, TERRAFERMA tells the story of two struggling, yet disparate families, whose members become fatefully intertwined. A well-intentioned, but illegal rescue of immigrant "boat people" forces the individuals of the indigenous family to choose between their economic survival and doing the morally right thing.

Winner of Best Supporting Actor (Beppe Fiorello) and nominated for Best Director and Best Cinematography at the Golden Globes (Italy). Winner of the Pasinetti Award for Best Film and nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

"Involving, thematically rich ... yet also quite timeless ...." - Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

"Emanuele Crialese's film burns with a sense of this situation's inhumanity, and he gives a palpable sense of life in a place where the beauty attracts tourists, but the natives are barely getting by." - Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post