Alcarràs

  • Drama
4/29/2022
115
NR

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.

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Revenue:
$3,324,521
Budget:
$10,250,000

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  • Geronimo1967

    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 ...

    January 24, 2023
  • badelf

    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.

    March 10, 2023

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