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Sons of the Sea

Hijos de la mar
Arjanne Laan
Netherlands
2007
54 min
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Hijos de la Mar relates about a small Spanish fishing village. The Sea is their companion. They worship 'Mother Sea'. All fathers and sons work in the fishing trade. Some sign up on ships earning wages in Argentina, Uruguay, Holland. Traveling their path made of waves. Others stay. Night after night, you hear the splashing of their nets. Navigating is science to them, but life is not. Unexpectedly the Oil tanker Prestige spills itoil in their Sea. The sailors, who never complain about the cold; who work for their children, encounter a disaster. Their children's future is severely damaged.

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Involved TV Channel
    TV Gallego,
    RTV Rijnmond
    TV Gallego,
    RTV Rijnmond