A romance between Jorge, a fisherman, and Roberta, an Italian tourist, in the Mexican Caribbean produces a young boy, Natan. The mother knows her place does not belong in the idyllic place where she fell in love with her native man, but she wants to bring her son to Italy where he will be able to grow in a different atmosphere, quite a contrast with the world in which his father lives.
Jorge asks for the chance to get his son for a holiday in which the boy will get to see his father in action in the area where he calls home. The primitive surroundings, contrary what one must think, seem natural to Natan, who adapts to his new reality quite well. Father and son bond in ways no one could even predict. Together with Matraca, an older man who plies the sea with Jorge, Natan takes to the new surroundings with unexpected gusto.
The film is part documentary, but what transcends is the lyrical quality director Pedro Gonzalez Rubio has given the film. It is basically a film that emphasizes not only the love between a man and his son, but the love to the sea with its mysteries that are found going under its surfaces. It is a quiet reflection about a man and his surroundings where one finds a peace and serenity not found in our so-called civilized society. Who knows if Roberta, the mother is doing the right thing about bringing Natan in her world, rather than in Jorge's. In her mind, she is doing the fight thing, but on the other hand, one thinks Natan ends up the loser.
Beautifully photographed by the director and with incidental music by Diego Benlliure, we are taken to a gorgeous and peaceful area in the state of Quintana Roo and the clear waters of the Caribbean in all its splendor.
Jorge asks for the chance to get his son for a holiday in which the boy will get to see his father in action in the area where he calls home. The primitive surroundings, contrary what one must think, seem natural to Natan, who adapts to his new reality quite well. Father and son bond in ways no one could even predict. Together with Matraca, an older man who plies the sea with Jorge, Natan takes to the new surroundings with unexpected gusto.
The film is part documentary, but what transcends is the lyrical quality director Pedro Gonzalez Rubio has given the film. It is basically a film that emphasizes not only the love between a man and his son, but the love to the sea with its mysteries that are found going under its surfaces. It is a quiet reflection about a man and his surroundings where one finds a peace and serenity not found in our so-called civilized society. Who knows if Roberta, the mother is doing the right thing about bringing Natan in her world, rather than in Jorge's. In her mind, she is doing the fight thing, but on the other hand, one thinks Natan ends up the loser.
Beautifully photographed by the director and with incidental music by Diego Benlliure, we are taken to a gorgeous and peaceful area in the state of Quintana Roo and the clear waters of the Caribbean in all its splendor.