Luzzu
A intimate, melancholic portrait of a man caught between familial duty and moral compromise, set against the fading traditions of Maltese fishing culture.
Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby.
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