Documentary · Mexico · 2023 · 1h 6m

The Crying of the Sea

El llanto de las tortugas

Director

Cast

Cosme Damián Becerra as Mónica Esquer Encinas as Cosme Becerra Esquer as Maribel Becerra Esquer as Sebastián Becerra Esquer as

Crew

Francisco Yañez — Director of Photography Jaime Villa — Editor Javier Campos — Editor Hugo Solis — Original Music Composer Jaime Villa — Writer Victoria Arellano — Producer

Tagline

A family of fishermen on the coast of Sonora, Mexico, search for a balance between their survival and that of their environment.

Synopsis

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.

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