Product Details

• Actors: Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Umberto Spadaro, Peter Carsten
• Directors: Gillo Pontecorvo, Maleno Malenotti
• Writers: Gillo Pontecorvo, Ennio De Concini, Franco Solinas
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 14, 2003
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007ELEH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,292 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Wide Blue Road" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Despite its focus on the destruction of a proud man who loses his livelihood, The Wide Blue Road is a gorgeous, lyrical film refusing to be boxed in by writer-director Gillo Pontecorvo's bathetic class sympathies. Yves Montand plays Sqarciò, a fisherman on a small island off Italy's Dalmation coast. With the fishing industry squeezed by a wholesaler's monopoly, the island is beset by economic depression and strains between men who earn little by fishing legally (using a net) and those--like Squarciò--who unlawfully use dynamite. Once Squarciò is deprived of his bombs, his (and his family's) decline is a foregone conclusion in Pontecorvo's fixed-destiny universe. Yet the director is hardly blind to his setting's redemptive possibilities. The Adriatic island's clarifying air, the dreamy, epic texture of the apposition of land and sea--such elemental beauty mysteriously, simultaneously heightens and ameliorates Squarciò's predictable doom. --Tom Keogh

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WIDE BLUE ROAD - DVD Movie

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wide Blue Road, June 27, 2007

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John Farr - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wide Blue Road (DVD)

Best known for the recently restored "Battle of Algiers", "Road", director Pontecorvo's first feature, remains a stunning achievement. In this lyrical depiction of life's ambiguities, we feel no contempt for Montand's character, though he goes against the greater good by breaking the law: We simply see a man trapped in humble circumstances who breaks the rules to create a better life for his family. "The Wide Blue Road" is made indelible by its rich color cinematography and a nuanced, charismatic performance by Montand, one of the finest of his career.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Movie not to be missed., July 28, 2004

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L. Winkelman (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wide Blue Road (DVD)

This is a great movie. Beautiful views of the Italian sea and coast. Great acting by Yves Montand and others. A moving story of struggle and solidarity among poor fisherman. An inspiring message about the possibilities of the downtrodden coming together and making a difference in their lives. This is a great political movie that succeeds in moving and informing us without slipping into didactic preaching.