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Drama

Alcarràs

- For every family, there is a season.

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.

Release Date : 2022-04-29

Language :Catalan

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : AvalonVilaüt FilmsKino Produzioni

Production Country : Spain

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Josep Abad

Character Name : Rogelio

Original Name : Josep Abad

Gender : Male

Jordi Pujol Dolcet

Character Name : Qumet

Original Name : Jordi Pujol Dolcet

Gender : Male

Anna Otin

Character Name : Dolors

Original Name : Anna Otin

Gender : Female

Albert Bosch

Character Name : Roger

Original Name : Albert Bosch

Gender : Male

Xenia Roset

Character Name : Mariona

Original Name : Xenia Roset

Gender : Male

Ainet Jounou

Character Name : Iris

Original Name : Ainet Jounou

Gender : Male

Montse Oró

Character Name : Nati

Original Name : Montse Oró

Gender : Male

Carles Cabós

Character Name : Cisco

Original Name : Carles Cabós

Gender : Male

Joel Rovira

Character Name : Pere

Original Name : Joel Rovira

Gender : Male

Isaac Rovira

Character Name : Pau

Original Name : Isaac Rovira

Gender : Male

Berta Pipó

Character Name : Glòria

Original Name : Berta Pipó

Gender : Male

Elna Folguera

Character Name : Teia

Original Name : Elna Folguera

Gender : Male

Antònia Castells

Character Name : Tieta Pepita

Original Name : Antònia Castells

Gender : Male

Djibril Casse

Character Name : Boubou

Original Name : Djibril Casse

Gender : Male

Jacob Diarte

Character Name : Joaquim Pinyol

Original Name : Jacob Diarte

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-24

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!

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badelf

@badelf

2023-03-10

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.