A seasonal worker died this Monday afternoon while harvesting fruit on a farm in Alcarràs, in the Segrià region, according to ACN reports and ARA. The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) were alerted around 4:45 p.m., coinciding with the peak of the heat wave and when the temperature in the municipality was around 41 degrees. According to ACN, the man reportedly became dizzy and began to feel ill. Emergency Medical System (SEM) officers were dispatched to a nearby farm where the seasonal worker was working, but when they arrived, he showed no vital signs and they were unable to revive him.

Alcarràs, by Carla Simón, will represent Spain at the Oscars. Thus begins the film's road to the Hollywood awards, which will be held on March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The next step will be for Alcarràs to pass the cut of the North American Academy, which chooses nine pre-candidates in the Best International Film category. Simón has already lived this experience when Estiu 1993 was chosen as a Spanish candidate for the 2017 Oscars, but was then not among the nine chosen in January. It will be the third Catalan-language film to compete for an Oscar, after Pa negre in 2011 and Estiu 1993. "We really want to fight for the Oscar," Simón told ARA in an interview. After delivering the opening speech for Barcelona's Mercè festival, Simón will travel to the United States to present the film at the New York Film Festival, where she will officially start the Oscars campaign with the distributor Mubi

How to represent a family of farmers in the Lleida countryside? For Carla Simón there was only one possible way: with people from the area, who are close to the experiences portrayed in the flim Alcarràs, which arrives in cinemas today. The result, needless to say, is extraordinary. The work of the non-professional actors who play the Solé family has been acclaimed for the absolute naturalness they exude, not only individually, but also in capturing family rhythms and dynamics. The identification is such that, to this day, they still call each other by the names they used in the film: mum, dad, granddad...

Alcarràs

(5 stars)

Directed by Carla Simón. Script by Carla Simón and Arnau Vilaró. 120 minutes. Spain and Italy (2022). With Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin and Xènia Roset In cinemas on April 29th

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