La Terra Trema Limited Edition Blu-Ray

In the fishing village of Aci Trezza in Sicily, the Valastro family dreams of a better life. They live a simple life thanks to ruthless wholesalers, but the eldest son, Ntoni, takes matters into his own hands and starts fishing on his own with the help of a bank loan. The business is successful at first, but an unexpected shipwreck means that the family soon has to fend for themselves. Originally commissioned as propaganda by the Communist Party, master director Luchino Visconti (The Leopard, Death in Venice) used the real villagers of Aci Trezza as his stars to create a docu-fictional melodrama about the difficulties of life in the countryside after World War II. La terra trema was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1948 and is considered one of the finest examples of Italian neorealist cinema.

 

 

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LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

 

 

2K restoration of the film by Cineteca Nazionale

 

 

Uncompressed mono PCM audio

 

 

New interview with critic Christina Newland

 

 

Interview with Italian politician and journalist Pietro Ingrao

 

 

Interview with assistant director Francesco Rosi

 

 

Interview with Turi Vasile

 

 

Trailer

 

 

Newly improved English subtitle translation

 

Reversible cover with original illustrations and newly commissioned illustrations by Time Tomorrow

 

 

Limited edition booklet with new and archived texts

 

 

Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip, leaving the packaging free of certificates and markings