The Spanish film ‘Alcarràs’, by Carla Simón, won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale on Wednesday. The filmmaker said when collecting the award that she considers herself “the daughter of this place”, the Berlinale, where in 2017 she won the award for best debut film for ‘Estiu 1993’.
It is “my home of cinema”, he said, and he joked about moving to Berlin, since every time he goes to the festival “something special happens”. Simón thanked his team, the “wonderful” cast of non-professional actors who “gave and put their soul” in this filmand his family, who grow peaches in Alcarràs and have inspired him.
The director dedicated the award to “The small farming families who farm the land every day so that this fruit reaches our plates”.
In ‘Alcarràs’, the Solé family gets together after decades cultivating the same land, to harvest what will probably be their last harvest, since, after the death of their owner, their son wants Uproot the trees to dedicate the land to a more lucrative business: the installation of solar panels.
While some of the members of the Solé family resist the idea, others believe that there is no other option but to fit in as best as possible with the new situation, antagonistic positions that lead to a family crisis.
The Berlinale jury, chaired by Indian-American director M. Night Shyamalan, valued in ‘Alcarràs’ the “extraordinary capacity” of the actors, whom Simón recruited from popular festivals in the region where it takes place. And also the ability to combine “tenderness and comedy” around that family.
The awards ceremony of the 72nd edition of the film festival ends the six days of presentation of the films in competition, with a total of 18 contenders for the Golden Bear in the official section.
Source: Lasexta
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