TRIBUTES AND RETROSPECTIVES

Carla Simón

Alcarràs

Carla Simón
2022 - Spain / Italy - 2h00

Screenings : thursday 25 - 7:00 pm - Pathé - 1 - presented and followed by a debate with the film director saturday 27 - 10:30 am - Pathé - 1

For generations, the Solés have spent their summers picking peaches on their farm in Alcarràs, a small village in Catalonia. But this year's harvest could well be their last, as they are threatened with eviction. The owner of the land has new plans: to cut down the peach trees and install solar panels. Faced with an uncertain future, the large and usually so tightly knit family, is torn apart and risks losing everything that made it strong...

“Somewhere between Chekhov's cruel melancholy about a disappearing world and Lucrecia Martel's family and social conflicts, the director of the excellent Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993) has produced a second film with great finesse. Through the eyes of the youngest children, whose carefree summer games are threatened by the adult crisis, her camera captures the scale of the unfolding drama. The film won a Golden Bear at the last Berlinale.” (Xavier Leherpeur; L'Obs)

CAST AND CREW

Cast : Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Albert Bosch, Xènia Roset, Ainet Jounou
Screenplay : Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró
Cinematography : Daniela Cajías
Sound : Eva Valiño
Editing : Ana Pfaff
Music : Andrea Koch

Production : Avalon, Kino Produzioni, Alcarràs Film, Diputació de Lleida

French distributor : Pyramide