The Crying of the Sea
A family of fishermen on the coast of Sonora, Mexico, search for a balance between their survival and that of their environment.
Cosme and Monica live with their children and grandchildren in Bahia de Kino, a fishing town in the northern State of Sonora, Mexico. They used to call themselves predators of the sea until one day they became unable to kill a sea turtle. Submerged in a crisis, they embark on a journey to try to save their way of life and of their fishing town through the creation of an environmental community group in charge of protecting sea turtles.
- Year: 2023
- Country: Mexico
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Jacalito Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Estudios Churubusco Azteca
- Keyword: social documentary, documentary filmmaking, poetic documentary, environmental documentary, documentary
- Director: Jaime Villa
- Cast: Cosme Damián Becerra, Mónica Esquer Encinas, Cosme Becerra Esquer, Maribel Becerra Esquer, Sebastián Becerra Esquer