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Alamar

PEDRO GONZÁLEZ-RUBIO
Mexico, 2009, 73 minutes, Color and Black & White

This enchanting father-and-son idyll was shot in Quintana Roo, on clear blue waters that contain the planet’s second-largest barrier coral reef. A descendent of Mayans, Jorge lives there simply, working as a fisherman with his father. He met an Italian tourist and they had a son, Natan. Mother and son now live in Rome, but 5-year-old Natan has come to visit his dad. Jorge has a lot to show him: snorkeling, fishing, flowers, and birds. They live on a small shack built on stilts over the water; egrets stroll though the house, and crocodiles swim just below. Alamar is not exactly a documentary, but it’s not really a drama, either. The film’s essence is the father’s initiation of his son into traditional ways and its luminous sense of place. In this world of open waters and vast skies, everything seems possible. —Mark Jenkins

In Spanish and Italian with English subtitles

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