Alamar [videorecording] / Mantarraya Producciones, Xcalakarma ; con el apoyo de Reserva de al Biósfera Banco Chinchorro, Instituto Italiano de Playa del Carmen, Razonatura A.C., CONANP ; dirección, guión, fotografía, edición, Pedro Gonzáles-Rubio.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: DV091 | Film MovementLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Film Movement series ; year 8, film 7.Publication details: New York, NY : Film Movement, c2010.Description: 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1449841473
- 9781449841478
- At head of title: Film Movement presents
- English captioned title: To the sea
- Director, Pedro González-Rubio.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A young boy and his father learn about living in harmony with nature in this languid drama from filmmaker Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio. A man from Mexico (Jorge Machado) travels to Italy and falls in love with a beautiful local woman (Roberta Palombini). Their feelings for one another are strong, but they prove to be short lived, and when they decide to beak up after the birth of their son Natan, he returns to Mexico while she stays in Italy and takes primary custody of the child. However, the father strives to remain a presence in his son's life, and the boy visits his father at least once a year. As the five-year-old Natan travels to Mexico, his father has joined the family' fishing operation near the coral reefs of Banco Chinchorro. Living in an elevated cottage near the shore, Natan and his family devote their summer to an idyllic existence, spending their days catching the plentiful fish and observing the wildlife, and their nights sitting by the fire and admiring the stars. To the father, this simple life teaches an important lesson of existing in peace with the natural world, and Natan comes to see himself as being as much a part of this environment as the fish, the waterfowl and the seaweed. Alamar (aka To The Sea) was the first solo directorial credit for cinematographer Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Includes the short film "No corras tanto (Take it easy)" / directed by César Díaz Meléndez (5 min.).
Alamar (To the sea) (73 min.) -- No corras tanto (Take it easy) (5 min.).
Director, Pedro González-Rubio.
Jorge Machado, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestór Marín, Roberta Palombini.
"Jorge has only a few weeks before his five-year-old son Natan leaves to live with his mother in Rome. Intent on teaching Natan about their Mayan heritage, Jorge takes him to the pristine Chinchorro reef, and eases him into the rhythms of a fisherman's life. As the bond between father and son grows stronger, Natan learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface of the sea.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation.
In Spanish, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.