UC at the EsquireALCARRÀS (2022)Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us at the ESQUIRE Theatre for our UC at the Esquire European Film series: Imagining Nature/Culture
Post-film discussion with Niall Peach
Alcarràs (Spain/Italy, 2022). Directed by Carla Simón.
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2022 Berlinale Festival, Carla Simón’s film is a ruminative, lived-in portrait of a rural family in present-day Catalonia whose way of life is rapidly changing. The Solé clan live in a small village, annually harvesting peaches for local business and export. However, their livelihood is put in jeopardy by the looming threat of the construction of solar panels, which would necessitate the destruction of their orchard. From this simple narrative, pitting agricultural tradition against the onrushing train of modern progress, Simón weaves a marvelously textured film that moves to the unpredictable rhythms and caprices of nature and family life.