‘Alcarràs’ Filmmaker Carla Simón On The Complexities Of Tradition Versus Innovation In Her Spanish Oscar Entry – Contenders International
03.12.2022 - 21:13
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Director and co-writer Carla Simón tells a story that’s close to her heart in Alcarràs, Spain’s entry for the International Feature Oscar race. The tale of peach farmers facing eviction and losing more than their home won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.
In the film, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches from their orchard in the titular Catalonian village. But this year’s crop could be their last as new plans for the land include cutting down the trees and installing solar panels, which causes a rift within the large, tight-knit family.
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During Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event, Simón told us that her uncles cultivate peaches which was an impetus for the movie. ”The idea came to me when my grandfather died and I thought for the first time what would happen if these trees that he planted in this place that we all share as a family disappeared.”
The tradition of agriculture in a small family group is “one of the oldest jobs in the world,” said Simón. But it’s also “no longer sustainable… People are leaving their land and don’t want their children to continue cultivating the land. … This plot could happen to anyone.”
While Simón believes that the innovation of eco-friendly power is a positive, the displacement of families is a difficult consequence. “It’s more complex the problem that they have. They have to leave the land for someone who wants to put in green energy which is something good. For me this is the complexity of life.” In the film, she told us, “We are with the people who want to maintain the land because they have been cultivating it for many years so you can understand this family, but you
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