Finis Terræ
1929 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 688 VOTES · DIR. Jean Epstein
Overview
On the islet Bannec, off the coast of Brittany, four fishermen have set up camp for three months to harvest seaweed. If processed correctly, the ash of the seaweed can be sold for high prices. It is therefore burnt in several large piles on the island. Problems arise when one of them gets an infected thumb.
Dialogue Timeline — 53 lines
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00:01:06 BANNEC. On an island where winter storms wipe out all forms of life...
00:04:28 "You broke my last bottle of plonk! Give me my knife back, at least!"
00:11:57 At daybreak, when the tide is low, Ambroise starts his gathering...
00:13:16 Jean-Marie, on the other hand, is already back with a huge crop.
00:16:38 This laziness must come to an end !
00:19:40 "Are you mad? You use drinking water to wash your hands ?...
00:26:54 Feverish and helpless, Ambroise considers going back to his home at Ouessant...
00:28:36 But the dead calm makes the trip impossible without rowing.
00:32:25 Jean-Marie's mother would never have dared to put on her headdress again...
00:34:16 Malgorn, one of the guardians of the Menn-Tenn-Sell lighthouse...
00:34:41 Today none of the boats parted."
00:36:09 The guardian of Stiff, the lighthouse north-east of the island, agrees :
00:36:36 parents who lost their sons, is swift at reacting. The name of Bannec is whispered.
00:41:17 "Doctor Lesenn ! Only he can do it..."
00:50:44 "Pierre, we can't just sit here and watch him suffer like this...
00:51:10 With 4 men rowing we won't manage to go up the stream..."
01:00:48 The fog, most dangerous of enemies...
01:19:07 But on the other side of the island, an old man is sick...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed53
Dialogue density0.7 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line01:19:07
Production Record
DirectorJean Epstein
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes688