chiapas (mexico)

Recounts the true story of Captain Salvador Alvarenga's fourteen month survival saga after his boat was lost at sea in a terrible storm. From the constant shark attacks and the death of his companion four months into his ordeal to his rescue by natives on a remote island in the Pacific, details one man's battle to survive under unthinkable circumstances.

Camila jumps at the chance to alleviate her boredom and memories of her late son by traveling to Mexico to write about the Zapatista movement, but a series of dramatic events, including her own kidnapping by paramilitaries, leads her to question her own past and the way she has been handling her life.

Camila jumps at the chance to alleviate her boredom and memories of her late son by traveling to Mexico to write about the Zapatista movement, but a series of dramatic events, including her own kidnapping by paramilitaries, leads her to question her own past and the way she has been handling her life.