Esclaves des mers

TV Movie
2009
1h 32m

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Mario and his brother Alonso become committed to fishing in a coral-reef in the southern Philippines. With many other children of different origin they work for starvation wages on the ship ... Read allMario and his brother Alonso become committed to fishing in a coral-reef in the southern Philippines. With many other children of different origin they work for starvation wages on the ship of unscrupulous captain Murène. Together they drive shoals of fish into a big fish trap ha... Read allMario and his brother Alonso become committed to fishing in a coral-reef in the southern Philippines. With many other children of different origin they work for starvation wages on the ship of unscrupulous captain Murène. Together they drive shoals of fish into a big fish trap having to use the dangerous muro-ami technique in the coral-reefs. Fastened to a stone, the ... Read all

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Based on a true fact. Director Joël Farges said, "In 1996, during a stay in Manila, I was told the tragic story of thousands of children "rented" for a fishing season to parents with no other resources. Thrown into the sea, these boys, tied to a stone to weigh them down, would dive to dizzying depths. They would break the corals to scare the fish into a huge net. I met more than seventy survivors of this fishery who all testified to the state of our world today."