Estonian premiere

Alcarras

Local title
Alcarras
Original title
Alcarràs
Director
Carla Simón
Country
Spain, Italy
Year
2022
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
drama
Subject
intergenerational conflict, familial relationships, rural life

For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches in their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Spain’s Catalonia region. But this year’s crop may well be their last, as they face eviction. The new plans for the land, which include cutting down the peach trees and installing solar panels, cause a rift in this large, tight-knit family. For the first time, they face an uncertain future and risk losing more than their orchard.

After her beautiful debut Summer 1993, Carla Simón draws again on her experience of rural life in the Catalan countryside, where human activity is part of a cycle governed by seasons in a capricious climate. Family dynamics may be muddied by economic concerns, but there are also differences in how each individual relates to time.

The film won the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlinale and has been chosen to represent Spain as a foreign language Oscar nominee.

Director
Carla Simón
Screenwriter
Arnau Vilaró, Carla Simón
Cast
Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou
Producer
María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
DoP
Daniela Cajías
Editor
Ana Pfaff
Production
Elastica Films, Avalon Productora Cinematográfica, Vilaüt Film
Distributor
Best Film
World sales
mk2 films
Runtime
Language
Spanish, English, Catalan
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Other festivals
Busan, Vancouver, Berlin

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Screenings

Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening012202 / Alcarras
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening021502 / Alcarras
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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3rd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening131205 / Alcarras
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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