LUCI A MARE (LIGHTS AT SEA)

L ights at Sea is a tale of men, living and working at sea. For over two decades every year a fishing boat has sailed  from the island of Ponza to Porto Torres (Sassari, Northern Sardinia). The core of the story is the everyday life of the crew: the overnight work, the routine and demands of the sea and the hierarchies and rivalries among the twelve men aboard the fishing boat “Capobianco”.  The documentary unfolds through the recollections and conversations of the fishermen in their native dialects with the constant background of the noise of the engine. Lights at Sea is a symbolic search; the constant struggle between man and the sea, while the unpredictable nature of the catch is synonymous with gain or basic survival. The moon gazes over the long working night and governs the currents that bring the fish into and out of the gulf. The boat sails around the two small fishing lamps, two men wait, illuminated only by the lights at sea.