Alamar 2009

Alamar 2009

Alamar 2009
1h 13m | Documentary, Drama | 14 July 2010 (USA)

Storyline:

Before their inevitable farewell, Jorge, a young man of Mayan roots, and Natan, his half-Italian son, spend time together living off the Banco Chinchorro coral reef.

User review:

Have you watched ‘Fishing with John’, John Lurie’s tongue-in-cheek series of short documentaries, in each of which he takes one of his celebrity friends (Tom Waits, William Dafoe, Jim Jarmusch, etc.) fishing at an exotic location? This documentary is similar, only it’s the real deal… There are no celebrities here and there’s no messing around. You’re invited to watch three generations of men (the youngest of which is a young boy called Natan) fishing freely off the coast of Mexico. For just over an hour you can forget about Facebook or Twitter, and observe what comes through as a beautiful, surprisingly bare way of life that is intrinsically connected to the wildlife and nature.

Before Natan splits to Rome indefinitely with his Italian mother, his Mexican father and grandpa give the child a taste of what it’s like to be a fisherman. Director Pedro González-Rubio does a great job at capturing on film the family’s situation and a sense of the kind of memories that Natan is to carry with him across to Europe.

Director: Pedro González-Rubio
Writer: Pedro González-Rubio(screenplay)
Stars: Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini
Country of origin: Mexico
Languages: Spanish, Italian
Also known as: To the Sea
Filming locations: Quintana Roo, Mexico