The Wide Blue Road () is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
Plot The story follows the harsh rugged life of a poor fisherman on La Maddalena. 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.
Cast Alida Valli – Rosetta Yves Montand – Squarciò Francisco Rabal – Salvatore Umberto Spadaro – Marshal Peter Carsten – Rivo Federica Ranchi – Diana Terence Hill – Renato
Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
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