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The Wide Blue Road is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Giuliano Montaldo released in USA on 6 june 2001 with Yves Montand
The Wide Blue Road (1957)
La grande strada azzurra
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Add to a movie listThe Wide Blue Road (Italian: La grande strada azzurra ) is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and Maleno Malenotti.
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The story follows the harsh rugged life of a poor fisherman on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. In a desperate effort to improve the lives of his family he begins to fish illegally using bombs instead of relying on nets. However this method invokes the hatred of the other fishermen and finally results in tragedy.Actors
Yves Montand
(Giovanni Squarciò)
Alida Valli
(Rosetta, the Wife)
Francisco Rabal
(Salvatore)
Umberto Spadaro
(Gaspare Puggioni, 1st Coast Guard Officer)
Peter Carsten
(Riva, 2nd Coast Guard Officer)
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