Tag: Luzzu
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‘Empty Nets’ Review: An Involving Iranian Drama About Diving Deep to Climb the Class Ladder
It’s hard to watch “Empty Nets” and not think of “Luzzu,” the recent, poignant Sundance prizewinner from Malta: In both films, enterprising young men left in the lurch by a national financial crisis must resort to black-market fishing to, well, stay afloat. (All we need is a third film paddling in such forbidden waters to…