Luzzu

"Naturalistic and a bit on-the-nose in spots, the film is also a moving tale of real-world strife..."

"Alex Camilleri's locally made vérité tale discovers a knockout performance in a real-life fisherman from Malta."

"The impressive feature debut from... Camilleri manages to be both self-contained, in its depiction of an embattled community, but also unexpectedly far-reaching in its themes."

"The film is scripted dramatic fiction, but no less true for that."

"Heartbreaking, but clear-eyed..."

"An affecting neorealist drama..."

"In his subtle, vérité approach, (Camilleri) captures something special — not one man’s crisis, but a community’s culture."

"(A) wonderful debut..."

"Luzzu is embedded in a quickly-vanishing world, and director Alex Camilleri approaches it with sensitivity, knowing that authenticity is crucial to how the film operates."

"A stirringly nuanced and dazzlingly shot humanistic drama..."

"Fresh, if not revolutionary."