Completed - ENGLISH, FRENCH - Drama - 109 minutes
A story of pirates in Somalia told from the perspective of a struggling, young Somali fisherman.
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Cutter HODIERNE Writer(s) : Cutter HODIERNE, David BURKMAN, John HIBEY Cast : Abdi SIAD, Abdikani MUKTAR, Abdikhadir HASSAN, Abduwhali FAARAH, Idil IBRAHIM, Reda KATEB Producer(s) : Raphael SWAN, John HIBEY, Cutter HODIERNE
Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, Fishing Without Nets tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the Somali point of view. First-time feature filmmaker Cutter Hodierne combines the epic cinematic vision of a glorious action-thriller with intimate, textured qualities of an art film, humanizing the pirates by bringing us inside their moral dilemmas and gut-wrenching struggles.
Country(ies) : USA, SOMALIA, KENYA
Sundance Film Festival 2014 - U.S. Dramatic (The Directing Award)BFI London FF 2014 Debate