{"id":4136,"date":"2023-07-14T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=4136"},"modified":"2024-05-18T06:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T05:07:52","slug":"alcarras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/alcarras\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcarr\u00e0s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday, 08 March 2024: Alcarr\u00e0s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Friday, 08 March 2024, 20:00<\/p>\r\n

Venue<\/strong>: (see Locations and Tickets<\/a> for further details)<\/p>\r\n

Programme category<\/strong>: Forest Row Film Society<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Director: Carla Sim\u00f3n\/Sonia Castelo, Spain 2022, 120 mins, 15<\/p>\n

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"Movies about the people who grow our food, who struggle as honest land stewards, in a time of heartless industry, are few and far between, making Alcarr\u00e0s<\/i> a rare gem" Los Angeles Times<\/i>
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The Sol\u00e9 family have run a thriving peach farm in rural Catalonia for generations, it is the heart of their extended family life. When the new owner of the land wants to grub out the ancient peach trees and replace them with a solar farm, the family feel their very existence is threatened. Using mainly non-professional actors, Sim\u00f3n creates a tense and beautifully filmed drama which highlights a very modern dilemma.
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"Persuasively lived in performances \u2026 give the Catalan-language picture both its urgent naturalism and its potent sense of anger and injustice" The Guardian<\/i>
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Further reading<\/h4>\n
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  1. The Observer<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Interview with the director<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Screen International<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Variety<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Eye for Film<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    Trailer<\/h4>