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  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary A hardworking Maltese fisherman, Jesmark is faced with an agonizing choice. He can repair his leaky luzzu – a traditional, multicolored wooden fishing boat – in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Or he can decommission it in exchange for an EU pay...

Directed By: Alex Camilleri

Written By: Alex Camilleri

  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m

Luzzu

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary A hardworking Maltese fisherman, Jesmark is faced with an agonizing choice. He can repair his leaky luzzu – a traditional, multicolored wooden fishing boat – in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Or he can decommission it in exchange for an EU pay...

Directed By: Alex Camilleri

Written By: Alex Camilleri

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
78
94% Positive
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Oct 22, 2021
Sun-drenched Luzzu is an unaffected triumph with a simmering power, the type of deceivingly familiar film that helps us sail into a place and a lifestyle most of us ignore but that are made vividly compelling in the hand of a new storyteller with classically honed sensibilities.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
86
Oct 14, 2021
What is a fishing community if restrictions deny their catch? The world continues to change no matter what anyone does. Camilleri understands that dilemma and puts it on film with humble clarity.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
80
May 23, 2022
On the face of it, this film is a commentary on the darker side of globalisation and modern commerce, but for Camilleri who was raised in Minnesota in a Maltese family, it also feels like a pilgrimage back to one’s roots, highlighting the specificities of the Maltese language and culture which are still sorely underrepresented in world cinema.
By Phuong Le FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 14, 2021
Luzzu is a slender, rather bleak but tough, rough-cut little jewel that deserves your time and attention.
By Matthew Anderson FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 14, 2021
Luzzu is beautifully shot, if at times emotionally restrained, in its centering around a man who’s occasionally hard to read. But it boast a true discovery in the casting of Jesmark Scicluna, a real fisherman who plays a version of himself, and here playing a struggling parent trying to eke out a living along the docks.
By Ryan Lattanzio FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 14, 2021
A simple, yet beautiful film due to this sense of place, Luzzu highlights a story that’s rooted in tradition and particularity. At times, rushed in its quest to find a central conflict, the film finds Camilleri crafting a coarse story, one void of laughs, jokes, or levity.
By Michael Frank FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 10, 2022
Clearly taking inspiration from Italian neorealism, Camilleri never embellishes or trivialises the landscape of fishing in Malta but rather presents it as it really is. Luzzu is a foreboding warning with no climax. A quiet call to action in the vein of Andrea Arnold’s Cow.
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Production Company Luzzu, Maborosi Films, Noruz Films (I), Pellikola
Release Date Oct 15, 2021
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Website https://luzzufilm.com/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sofia International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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