Chronicling the final harvesting season of a picturesque peach farm in the titular Catalonian town where Carla Simón’s Golden Bear-winning feature takes place, Alcarràs is a sun-soaked portrait of a family whose own land is shifting from below their feet. The Catalonian filmmaker spoke to us about her quietly profound ode to a dying way of life, creating familial bonds with an ensemble of non-actors, and the influence of Italian neorealism on her cinema.
Simón: We spent a lot of time trying to
