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6.9/10 • 187

2022-04-291h 55m

Drama

For every family, there is a season.

In a small village in Catalonia, the peach farmers of the Solé family spend every summer together picking fruit from their orchard. But when plans arise to install solar panels and cut down trees, the members of this tight-knit group suddenly face eviction – and the loss of far more than their home.

Directors
Carla Simón
Writters
Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró
Editors
Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró, Ana Pfaff

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  1. Josep Abad

    Josep Abad

    Rogelio

  2. Jordi Pujol Dolcet

    Jordi Pujol Dolcet

    Qumet

  3. Anna Otin

    Anna Otin

    Dolors

  4. Albert Bosch

    Albert Bosch

    Roger

  5. Xenia Roset

    Xenia Roset

    Mariona

  6. Ainet Jounou

    Ainet Jounou

    Iris

  7. Montse Oró

    Montse Oró

    Nati

  8. Carles Cabós

    Carles Cabós

    Cisco

  9. Joel Rovira

    Joel Rovira

    Pere

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CinemaSerf

Jan 24, 2023

7/10

A family of long established and hard working peach farmers find their lives turned upside down when the owner of their land dies. It seems that there was a gentleman's agreement for this arrangement to continue down the generations, but when the wealthy son decides to sell the land to developers, there is no proof of that - and now "Quimet" (Jordi Pujol Dolcet) and his family must recalibrate their entire raison d'être whilst battling to bring in the harvest, ensuring their family doesn't implode and, simultaneously, resist the temptation to blame his elderly father "Rogelio" (Josep Abad) for their predicament. The actors don't come across as professional, but they do come across as natural - especially the young Albert Bosch ("Roger") as the teenage lad who is as committed to the land as his father, and Dolcet himself who manages to turn his character round from a determined, slightly obtuse, man into one who realises that this is not just his own, personal, challenge. The film is really about the demise of small-holding farming, and it's replacement by large scale industrial operations that deliver well for business and consumers alike, but pay scant regard to the families who have worked the land, traditionally and organically (both in scientific and the familial terms) for centuries. Much is often made about corporate greed in good looking, proud, films like this - but in the end I always think it is for consumers to insist on changes. So long as we wish to pay peanuts for our produce, then stories like this will continue until there is nobody left!

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Status
Released
Original Language
Catalan
Budget
$10,250,000.00
Revenue
$3,324,521.00
Keywords
catalonia, spainsummerorchardcatalan cinema