In the Dominican town of Cabarete, bachata music is a way of life far removed from the sleek dance halls that it has occupied overseas. With a snapshot of four musical children, each confronting an existential challenge, Agridulce shows how music guides their journey of self discovery.

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Generations collide, and the children search for balance in a world shaped by gender divides, migration and cycles of marginalization. Along the way, they’re mentored by teachers of a music school devoted to bachata, the once denigrated music that has become the Dominican Republic’s primary cultural export.

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With five years of filming, director Frank Pavich (Jodorowsky’s Dune, Cannes 2013) intimately captures pivotal moments of the children’s coming of age.