Bajo el Sol

Rating

No ratings yet

Release Date

8/12/2026

Runtime

18 mins

Genres

Overview

During a summer spent with his grandmother on the Oaxacan Coast, a filmmaker explores the layered relationship Puerto Escondido has with tourism through conversations around labor, water, contamination, and gentrification with tourists and locals alike.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

-

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A reflective documentary essay on how tourism reshapes a coastal town, woven through intimate conversations and the filmmaker's personal connection to place. Quiet and observant, it asks hard questions without easy answers.

Mood

ContemplativeWistfulBittersweet

Themes

ColonialismClassMigrationTechnologyNature

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review Bajo el Sol.

Recommendations

Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar