Tesoros

Sandy beaches as far as the eye can see, palm groves and mangrove forests: While the baby turtles have just hatched on the Pacific coastal village of Barra de Potosí in Mexico, the schoolchildren are talking about the whales they've seen locally. This tropical idyll already captivated the British privateer Sir Francis Drake who landed on its coast 400 years ago. Seven-year-old Dylan, who has just moved there with his family, believes he can find Drake's treasure. Close to the children, and utilising documental imagery the film joins him and his new friends on an enchanting voyage of discovery that ends with a find far more precious than a lost pirate's treasure trove. An intimate glimpse into the lives of people living in this natural paradise. (Berlinale)