Alamar (To the Sea)

  • Alamar (To the Sea)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Year of production : 2009
Format : Feature
Running time : 73 (in minutes)

Banco Chinchorro, on the Yucatán peninsula, is one of the richest coral reefs in Mexico. The native people, descendents of the Mayas, live on the water, in huts propped up on stilts-the reef is a nature reserve, and no building is allowed on the islands. One day a fisherman who lives in one of these huts receives some visitors: his son, Jorge, and his five-year-old grandson, Natan, who is on a visit from Rome, where he lives with his Italian mother.

Alamar quietly observes these three characters as they spend their days fishing, swimming and tending to their boat, their existence in harmonious rhythm with their surroundings. At the film's poetic heart is the subtly delineated relationship between Jorge and Natan. Enveloped by sea, sand and sky, father and son grow ever closer, and a bond is formed that not even the fact of Natan's looming departure can break.

Director: Pedro González-Rubio
Year: 2009
Duration: 73 minutes
Type: Dramatic feature
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish, with English subtitles
Rating: All Ages
Contact: intlsales@mk2.com

Awards: Grand Jury Prize, Miami Film Festival 2010; Audience Award, Feature Film Competition Award, Morelia International Film Festival 2010; Tiger Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival; FIPRESCI Prize, Toulouse Latin American Film Festival 2010

2010 - Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival
* Trinidad & Tobago premiere

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  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
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  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
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  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
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