But having watched maybe 30 + movies on MUBI in last 2 months from 19 40’s to 23 and yes this also might be because I saw it most recently - my vote would go to Alcarras, It won the Golden Bear in the Berlin International Film festival last year.
It’s a Spanish movie but the spoken language is catalan. This is the first catalan language movie to be nominated and winning. The director Carla Simon grew up in Barcelona speaking Catalan and living in a catalan village.
The beauty of the movie lies in
#Every character in the movie has a story to tell and through their behavior and actions one can understand the pre teen & teenager angst or the how a child’ mind works with so much cross talk happening between adults.
#Every relationship has beautiful moments but is also fraught with tension. That is beautifully portrayed very subtly
#The lovely picturesque setting and life in villages - from the outside it would look like a perfect place to be - reminded me of the Italian countryside with their large houses like the one they showed in many Italian movies.
#kids are real gem of the movie - their spontaneous acting and shots of kids in siesta or doing simple things like eating a fruit
#the clash of tradition - the farmer kills the rabbits as they are a menace to his peaches he grows but the blacks who are plucking the peaches, cross their hearts and bury the rabbit.
#the village life and simple traditions of wine drinking competition and easy friendship and simple life
#the farmers' plight with large corporations coming in and buying stuff cheap (very similar to whats happening in India.
Read a nice review in scroll below:
I followed this up with Summer 93,
In 1993, six-year-old Frida left Barcelona and her grandparents for the countryside. Her parents have died, and she is taken in by her uncle Esteve and aunt Marga in their farmhouse. Despite the beautiful summer and the warm welcome, Frida finds it hard to settle in.In 1993, six-year-old Frida leaves Barcelona and her grandparents for the countryside. Her parents have died, and she is taken in by her uncle Esteve and aunt Marga in their farmhouse. Despite the beautiful summer and the warm welcome, Frida finds it hard to settle in.
It’s an innocent movie which is not like a movie, the acting and the setting is so natural that it's almost like you are god and seeing it from somewhere top.
Loved it because it shows
#the pains of being orphaned
#especially when both your parents died of AIDS
#sibling rivalry and it’s innocence
All of us have run away in our childhood, i went to a sugarcane field and my brother in law tried to catch a bus and in the movie Friday packed her beautiful dolls, took some fruits which I thought was wise for her age and then trudged out of a farmhouse which is literally in between a jungle - with a high way on one end a stream on the other. You have to see it to know more…..
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