Back to Life

Running time: 72 mins

How does a poor Acapulco scuba diver end up marrying a top New York model?

?Long Dog? lives fearlessly, scuba diving and hunting for the great white shark in colorful 1950?s Acapulco. Enter a beautiful New York City model on vacation with her husband and her three-year-old son. More than a friendship develops, and what ensues effects the lives of everyone involved.

Giving up her celebrity and sophisticated life in New York City, Robin decides to move to Acapulco with her son John to live with Long Dog. Not only does the redheaded Robin stick out, but John feels like an outcast as the freckled gringo. Robin and John are among the story tellers about this mismatched love affair that seems destined to failure. But despite the overwhelming culture shock, love prevails in a time and place which epitomizes romance and adventure.

- Sandy Wolf

Film sponsored by the Castellano Family Foundation.