Slaves of the Seas

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Slaves of the Seas (2009)

Directed by Joël Farges

Drama · 1h 32m

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 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 little divers jump into the water to reach the depth faster. Without any equipment they dive down 30 meters. The brutal captain treats the exhausted children like slaves

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Cast

A
Anthony Buencamino Mario Angeli Bayani Philippe Dormoy Tuk Tuk
B
Bong Embile
A
Argie Fernandez Muraine
B
Bensar P. Hayli Alonso Jerald Napoles

Crew

Director
Joël Farges
Writer
Joël Farges

Details

Original title
Esclaves des mers
Release date
2009-06-09
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Original language
TL
Spoken languages
Tagalog
Countries
France
Production
Pierre Javaux Productions, ARTE France Cinéma