Fire at Sea
Trailer: Fire at Sea
Year: 2016
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, ARTE France Cinéma, MiC, Les Films d'Ici, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, RAI
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Cast: Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo, Giuseppe Fragapane, Francesco Paterna
Crew: Gianfranco Rosi (Director), Giuseppe Del Volgo (Assistant Director), Gianfranco Rosi (Director of Photography), Donatella Palermo (Producer), Olivier Père (Co-Producer), Gianfranco Rosi (Producer)

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