Synopsis
Fishing, more than anything else, is the place where man finds life. This is true of the Delta of the Po river, where the story of fishing gives its very meaning to the river and the river gives its very meaning to the lives of those fishermen, whose daily life becomes absolute. A diptych composed by: "Il pesce siluro è innocente" (60') - Two experienced eel fishermen in the Goro inlet; a young woman and a man dedicated to harvesting clams and mussels; a fisherman who raises show fish along the river canals. "Per soli uomini" (83') - Along the Po di Maistra, in the Ca'Pisani area, in one of the valleys the river creates at its mouth, live three men dedicated to fish farming.
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