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Open Sea

Open Sea

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1998

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama

User Score

10%

Original Title

Mare largo

Production Companies

Filmtre, Dania Film, Tele+, RAI

Director

Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani

Description

For personal and humanitarian reasons, Edoardo, a Ligurian sea captain, agrees to run a shipment of arms to Bosnian rebels for a shady Russian in Toulon who calls himself Riffaud. Edoardo's lover Clara wants him to quit the sea and Riffaud's wife warns Edoardo not to trust her husband, but Edoardo takes the job anyway. Sailing up the Adriatic, the crew threatens mutiny when they learn they must dock in a war zone. Once in port, little goes as Riffaud promised, and Edoardo must travel with a translator to the rebels' mountain stronghold to get payment for the crew. The war is all around them as Clara waits at home and the translator begs passage to Italy.