Fishing

Alamar (2009)

This Mexican film is set in Banco Chinchorro, a coral reef off the coast of Mexico. A young boy spends some time living with his father and grandfather,who are fishermen, shortly before he is due to move to Italy with his mother.

What this film does excellently is capture a snapshot of a way of life that has probably changed very little for hundreds of years. There is some great scenery and the film definitely captures the way the family co-exist with their environment. On the down side the film really lacks a plot and comes across more as a documentary than a dramatic piece, the characters also lack a strong personality to make up for this. Maybe this project would have been better executed as a pure documentary than a quasi piece of fiction, either way the short run time and exotic locations make the film watchable.

3/5