La terra trema

In the fishing village of Aci Trezza, Sicily, the Valastro family dream of a better life. Living modestly thanks to merciless wholesalers, eldest son Ntoni takes matters into his own hands and - with the help of a bank loan - starts fishing alone. The venture is initially a success but an unexpected shipwreck means the family must soon fend for themselves. Originally commissioned as propaganda by the Communist Party, master filmmaker Luchino Visconti (The Leopard, Death in Venice) used the real villagers of Aci Trezza as his stars to craft a docu-fictional melodrama about the difficulties of rural life post-World War II. La terra trema was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 1948 Venice Film Festival and is considered one of the finest examples of Italian neorealist cinema.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

• 2K restoration of the film from duplicate negative and positive materials

• Original mono DTS-HD audio

• New interview with critic Christina Newland (2025, 10 mins)

• Interview with Italian politician and journalist Pietro Ingrao (2007, 9 mins)

• Interview with assistant director Francesco Rosi (2007, 14 mins)

• Interview with film producer Turi Vasile (2007, 3 mins)

• Gallery

• Optional English subtitles

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow

• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Stephen Gundle and archival writing on the film by André Bazin

• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
  

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First in a series of Visconti releases.

Year: 1948
Country: Italy
Cert: U
Format: Blu-ray
Region: B
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EAN: 5060974682416
Release date: 23/06/25

Press:

"[A] directorial tour de force... the work of a born moviemaker" - The New York Times