Luzzu
Mon
25
Mon Apr 25 1:00 PM
CHEC Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
100 Percent
Subtitled
Allocated Seating
Unclassified 15+
94 Mins April
WINNER · SPECIAL JURY AWARD · SUNDANCE
Named for the brightly coloured fishing boats entrenched in Maltese culture, Luzzu is an affecting, familial drama that took Sundance by storm.
Jesmark, feels the mounting pressure of a ruthless fishing industry cutting him out of the market, and fruitless harvests due to a stagnating ecosystem. Desperate to provide for his wife and their infant son, Jesmark is coerced into a dangerous black-market operation, torn between a generations-old tradition, and the faceless globalisation of the modern world.
Told through the unique lens of real-life Maltese fisherman, Jesmark Scicluna, Luzzu is the first Maltese production ever selected for a major film-festival competition, a ravishing portrait of tradition in transition.
“The kind of film Roberto Rossellini would have made if he were still alive today.” – World of Reel
In Maltese with English subtitles.
Named for the brightly coloured fishing boats entrenched in Maltese culture, Luzzu is an affecting, familial drama that took Sundance by storm.
Jesmark, feels the mounting pressure of a ruthless fishing industry cutting him out of the market, and fruitless harvests due to a stagnating ecosystem. Desperate to provide for his wife and their infant son, Jesmark is coerced into a dangerous black-market operation, torn between a generations-old tradition, and the faceless globalisation of the modern world.
Told through the unique lens of real-life Maltese fisherman, Jesmark Scicluna, Luzzu is the first Maltese production ever selected for a major film-festival competition, a ravishing portrait of tradition in transition.
“The kind of film Roberto Rossellini would have made if he were still alive today.” – World of Reel
In Maltese with English subtitles.
April