Alcarràs. Uprooting
Alcarràs, with its couple of thousands of inhabitants, lies at the edge of a small provincial town named Lleida, somewhere in the west of Catalonia. On a map, Lleida is at the halfway point of the road that connects Zaragoza and Barcelona, but, if we mean to be precise, it’s not quite halfway: it’s about 140 kilometers to get from Zaragoza to Lleida, and about 170 kilometers to get there from Barcelona. What’s certain is that, barring any traffic jams, it takes less than two hours to drive from either of these cities to Lleida (and so, to Alcarràs).
Title
Alcarras
Director/ Screenwriter
Carla Simón
Actors
Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset
Country
Spain, Italy
Year
2022
Distributor
Bad Unicorn
Synopsys
The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
He studied directing at UNATC, where he wrote articles for Film Menu. He also wrote his degree paper on D.A. Pennebaker’s early filmography. He is interested in analog photography and video art. He hopes for a Criterion release of Shrek 2. He makes movies.
