Alcarràs

"For every family, there is a season."

2022 1h 58m CA

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★6.8TMDB · 244

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Synopsis

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In a small village in Catalonia, the peach farmers of the Solé family spend every summer together picking fruit from their orchard. But when plans arise to install solar panels and cut down trees, the members of this tight-knit group suddenly face eviction – and the loss of far more than their home.

“For every family, there is a season.”

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Cast

Josep Abad
Rogelio
Jordi Pujol Dolcet
Qumet
Anna Otin
Dolors
Albert Bosch
Roger
Xenia Roset
Mariona
Ainet Jounou
Iris
Montse Oró
Nati
Carles Cabós
Cisco

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carla Simón
Writers: Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró
Languages: Catalan
Countries: Spain

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MONEY

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Earned back only 32% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carla Simón, shot by Daniela Cajías. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrea Koch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ana Pfaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Josep Abad and Jordi Pujol Dolcet and Anna Otin carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "For every family, there is a season.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11930126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Carla Simón directs. Daniela Cajías behind the camera. Andrea Koch scores. Ana Pfaff cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Catalan.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 32% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Directed by Carla Simón, shot by Daniela Cajías. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Andrea Koch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ana Pfaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Josep Abad and Jordi Pujol Dolcet and Anna Otin carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "For every family, there is a season.".
8IMDB entry: tt11930126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 48 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Daniela Cajías
Original score: Andrea Koch
Editing: Ana Pfaff
Production design: Mónica Bernuy
Costume design: Anna Aguilà
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Status: Released
Budget: $10,250,000
Box office: $3,324,521
Return: 32% of budget
Original language: CA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Alcarràs (2022)

Awards

Gaudí Award for Best Original Screenplay
Gaudí Award for Best Production Director
Golden Bear
Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language
Gaudí Award for Best Director

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CinemaSerf2023-01-24
★ 7/10
A family of long established and hard working peach farmers find their lives turned upside down when the owner of their land dies. It seems that there was a gentleman's agreement for this arrangement to continue down the generations, but when the wealthy son decides to sell the land to developers, there is no proof of that - and now "Quimet" (Jordi Pujol Dolcet) and his family must recalibrate their entire raison d'être whilst battling to bring in the harvest, ensuring their family doesn't implode and, simultaneously, resist the temptation to blame his elderly father "Rogelio" (Josep Abad) for their predicament. The actors don't come across as professional, but they do come across as natural - especially the young Albert Bosch ("Roger") as the teenage lad who is as committed to the land as his father, and Dolcet himself who manages to turn his character round from a determined, slightly obtuse, man into one who realises that this is not just his own, personal, challenge. The film is really about the demise of small-holding farming, and it's replacement by large scale industrial operations that deliver well for business and consumers alike, but pay scant regard to the families who have worked the land, traditionally and organically (both in scientific and the familial terms) for centuries. Much is often made about corporate greed in good looking, proud, films like this - but in the end I always think it is for consumers to insist on changes. So long as we wish to pay peanuts for our produce, then stories like this will continue until there is nobody left!
badelf2023-03-10
★ 8/10
As we urbanize, we distance ourselves further and further from the small farm. Putting all those middlemen and greedy corporations between us and the farmer, causes us to pay outrageous prices for fresh food and the small farmers to become broke. As an urban dweller, we have no personal knowledge of the impact. This well-made film drives the impact home.