Movies: Fisherman

Short impression of the work of fishermen on the Dogger bank....

A melodramatic film about a fisherman who disappeared at sea. After many years, he returns and finds out that his wife has a different family. The fisherman does not disturb his beloved wife and secretly leaves his native place....

Andrian and Ivan are two brother-sailors who worked in Arkhangelsk as a carved artists. And so, at the end of August they decided, like loons, to go to the island. When the men were already far away in the sea, they moored to a small patch of land an...

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Ray is a gay teenage fisherman who embarks on a journey to find his mother in the Peruvian jungle, armed with little more than a photo of her in a bar in Iquitos. As he ventures into the unknown, he is forced to confront his motivations for seeking h...

In the mid 19th century, Yankee whalers taught the sailors on the tiny island of Bequia in the West Indies how to catch whales. The once proud American tradition has been kept alive and cherished by Bequians generation after generation. For the last ...

From the book by the same name by Ninni Ravazza, "Diario di Tonnara" tells the story of the towns, villages, communities and adventures that dictate the daily lives of the tuna fishermen in Italy....

A con artist arrives to a small island to swingle money from the fishermen....

The disappearance of a girl in high seas and the tragic death of her father make part of a puzzle that points to an island with a valuable solid golden triangle. The relatives of the victims and an unscrupulous group of mercenaries was embarking on a...

Animated film by Bruno Sukrow, which has some borrowings from the Hemingway book of the same name....

This RKO Sportscope series short presents two sportsmen fishing for striped bass....

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake....

On the Magdalen Islands, during the short lobster season, fishermen and plant workers ensure the economic prosperity of an entire people. In the reality of a global market driven by the United States, the fragility of the fishing industry is palpable...

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Can a commune survive in the 21st Century? Engabao, a fishing commune in Ecuador, has historically been a site of land struggle between inhabitants and wealthy businessmen that threaten to convert collective lands into private property. Three foundin...

Aníbal, an old fisherman, returns to Nueva Venecia, a village of stilt houses in the heart of the Ciénaga del Magdalena, on the Colombian Caribbean coast, from which he escaped many years ago after a massacre. Sick and exhausted, he has to reconnect ...

A young lake fisherman travels to a new province looking for more work to do. One morning, with many doubts and poor certainties, he finds himself trying to hide a presumed dead body to avoid been accused of murder. He must continue working to preven...

At a 2005 Carnival night, something mysterious happens at Porto Formoso bay, leaving the fishing boats wrecked. Fishermen decide to build bigger boats, but at the small village harbor it is impossible to deck them. They demand the construction of a n...

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of government support has contributed to the industry’s downfall. He is being forced to leave home to seek emp...

The African pioneer Edouard Sailly created a distinctive poetic cinema. Here, he ponders the state of mind of a mourning fisherman....