Director and co-writer Carla Simón tells a story that’s close to her heart in , Spain’s entry for the International Feature Oscar race. The tale of peach farmers facing eviction and losing more than their homeIn the film, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches from their orchard in the titular Catalonian village.
The tradition of agriculture in a small family group is “one of the oldest jobs in the world,” said Simón. But it’s also “no longer sustainable… People are leaving their land and don’t want their children to continue cultivating the land. … This plot could happen to anyone.” Simon worked with a big ensemble of non-professional actors which was “a challenge,” but “had beautiful moments.” Her desire was to show people who “had a real attachment to the land… You can see when someone is a farmer for real, you see it on the skin, on the hands, the way they move in the fields.”