Blue Fin
A clumsy boy must prove himself when disaster strikes his father's tuna fishing boat off South Australia's coast. Based on Colin Thiele's novel about a challenging father-son relationship.
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"A fishing vessel sets out from a small town in South Australia. A storm comes, and the boat is wrecked. The filming of the storm and its aftermath, out at sea on the boat, are remarkable. In parallel, the film tells the story of a young boy wanting to grow up, wanting to fit into the world of his father and brothers out at sea. The fishing vessel and the storm might remind you of The Perfect Storm. However, unlike that film, Blue Fin also tells a more subtle tale (of growing up and family bonds), has thoroughly believable fishermen, and describes well their relationship with the sea and with ..."
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Hardy Krüger said that he had only ever caught one fish in his life at the time of being cast in this film. It was a Tuna, the type of fish that the fishermen catch professionally in the movie.
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A clumsy boy must prove himself when disaster strikes his father's tuna fishing boat off South Australia's coast. Based on Colin Thiele's novel about a challenging father-son relationship.