Directed by Carla Simon
Madrid-“Al-Quds Al-Arabi”: After the film “Alcaras” by film director, Carla Simon, won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the attention of the Spaniards turned to searching for the village of the same name, whose children participated in the creation of this film that brought Spanish cinema back. To win the festival’s biggest prize, nearly 40 years following its last coronation.
Carla Simon used, for the first time, in front of the camera, to characterize the film’s roles, and they succeeded in presenting the characters of the film without the slightest deficiency vehicles.
Upon ascending the podium, Carla Simon gave the title to the children of Alcaras, saying: “I thank my family members who still grow peaches in the village of Alcaras. Without them, I would not have been able to tell this story.”
And Ibn Barcelona (1986) continued: “I would also like to dedicate this illustrious bear to all the small farmers and their families who cultivate the land daily so that we get this fruit to our tables…because their way of farming respects the land, which is likely to become in our time a method of resistance.”
And regarding her decision to choose to award the Golden Bear for a film, the head of the jury, the American director of Indian origin, Manoj Knight Shyamalan, said: “The film director knew how to deal with non-professional actors and reflected the cultivated land through the camera.”
By winning this title, Simone will be the first Spanish director to win the title, nearly 40 years following Spanish directors won the title, the last of which was Mario Camos in 1983.
The Alcaras story
The film tells the story of the Sully family, who inherited the profession of cultivating the same land, decades ago, in the village of Alkaras..After the death of their father, a difference occurs between the sons regarding continuing to grow peach fruits or uprooting trees to allocate the land for the project to install solar panels to reap more profits..and in the end Family members agree to gather for the last summer’s peaches.
Speaking regarding the film, Carla Simon stated that her film tells “the story of belonging to a land, to a place…” He added, “It is a drama regarding enduring tensions between generations, overcoming old traditions, and the importance of family unity in times of crisis.”
And Carla Simon had previously won the title of the first film at the Berlin Festival in 2017, for her movie “Summer 1993”, to confirm in her speech, jokingly, that “the daughter of this festival and that she will move to live in Berlin.”
