: Visconti used actual local fishermen and villagers rather than trained actors.
: Filmed entirely in Aci Trezza, the village itself becomes a central character, capturing the harsh beauty and crushing poverty of post-war rural Italy. La Terra Trema (1948) - IMDb La terra trema(1948)
: The cast spoke in their native Sicilian dialect, which was so thick that even other Italians required narration or subtitles to understand it. : Visconti used actual local fishermen and villagers
The story is set in , a small coastal village in Sicily. It follows the Valastro family , particularly the idealistic eldest son, 'Ntoni . particularly the idealistic eldest son