The Man of the Sea

Year: 1920

Runtime: 86 mins

Director: Marcel L’Herbier

Drama

Nolff, a rugged Breton fisherman, celebrates the birth of his son Michel, hoping to pass on his trade. Yet as Michel grows into adulthood, he shirks the sea, preferring tavern life and avoiding work, disappointing his father's dreams of a fishing legacy.

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