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Alcarràs

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Alcarràs

2022

Carla Simón

Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otín, Xenia Roset, Albert Bosch ...

6.8

13,556

Drama For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches in their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Spain’s Catalonia region. But this year’s crop may well be their last, as they face eviction. The new plans for the land, which include cutting down the peach trees and installing solar panels, cause a rift in this large, tight-knit family. For the first time, they face an uncertain future and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"It manages a light, improvisatory mastery, an immaculate hold on tone, and a grave yet sunlit tableau of an ending (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A profoundly authentic and moving contemplation of the fragility of family, and, again, childhood (...) It’s quite remarkable that this is only [Simon's] second film"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"A beautifully observed, richly inhabited ensemble drama. (...) [A] poignant, rippling study of an extended family being forced off their farm"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] stirring ensemble piece (...) faultlessly natural performances (...) a heartfelt drama about the wrenching clash between traditional agriculture and industry".	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"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 'Alcarràs' a rare gem"	POS
United Kingdom	Pamela Hutchinson Empire	"Carla Simón's film is a tender peach itself. A lament for a world slipping out of reach is brought invigoratingly to life by a vividly drawn cast of characters (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Anna McKibbin Paste Magazine	"Simón intimately understands this tragedy and lets her actors dwell on the loss of their 'beloved land'"	POS
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"While 'Alcarrás' excels at building a convincing milieu, it lacks the strong sense of tension and moral urgency that its story would seem to demand (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Stephanie Bunbury Deadline	"That [Simón] has created such complex, conflicted characters and won such marvelous performances from amateurs is a testament to her powers of empathy"	POS
United States	K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"A powerful movie about a divided family fighting for its future"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Daniela Cajías’ observational camera moves around the farm with the natural warmth of a summer breeze"	POS
United States	Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist	"In its expert blend of vivid cinematography and naturalistic performances, 'Alcarràs' creates a refined study of heritage that understands life’s permanent absence of resolution"	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar rogerebert.com	"A subtly heartsore portrait of shared crisis, at least assures us as much (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Persuasively lived-in performances give the Catalan-language picture both its urgent naturalism and its potent sense of anger and injustice (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"Performances are nuanced across the board and the characters, in spite of limited screen time, are well rounded (...) [Its] small events come together to form a detailed portrait of the Solés"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is a deeply intelligent, humane drama (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Paolo Kagaoan In The Seats	"Simon's film doesn’t chide these characters in dealing with their problems the way normal people do. And she finds a balance the way people in real life find it (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"An entirely non-professional cast makes it seem as if the director-editor Ana Pfaff and cinematographer Daniela Cajias simply happened upon every beautifully composed sequence (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
	Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"Simón is an extremely subtle filmmaker, so there aren’t any huge conversations here spelling everything out – you keep it all in"	POS

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