Alamar – 6.5

[MSPFF] Perfectly lovely Mexican portrait of a grandfather-father-and-son living off and learning about the sea – a gentle sea over a coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico. The ruggedly handsome looks of the father and the way they caught fish and lobster made the movie fun to watch. The characters’ hermetic existence – “At night, I drink coffee and watch the stars” – made it seem more fiction than documentary; and the film’s renunciation of drama and plot surprised the audience but, once we caught on, gradually won us over.

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