Homme d'Aran

Sur une île irlandaise, une famille de pêcheurs vit au quotidien entre les quelques plantations de pommes de terre et la chasse au requin...
Au cours d'une pêche mouvementée, un énorme squale est capturé par un groupe de marins qui assurera, pour quelques temps, la survie de la petite colonie qui perdra un bateau lors d'une mémorable tempête.

Man of Aran is a film on life on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. It portrays characters who live in pre-modern conditions and their hardships, documenting their daily routines such as fishing off high cliffs, farming potatoes where there is little soil, and hunting for huge basking sharks to win their liver oil for lamps. Some situations are fabricated, such as one scene in which the shark fishermen are almost lost at sea in a sudden gale. Additionally, the family members shown are not actually related, having been chosen from among the islanders for their photogenic qualities.