A Catalan peach orchard, tended by the same family for generations, sits at the center of Alcarras, Carla Simón's 2022 drama about land, labor, and what happens when a verbal handshake stops being enough.
What is Alcarras about?
Three generations of the Solé family work the peach fields of Alcarras together every summer, their rhythms shaped by harvest rather than the calendar. The land was never formally theirs on paper, only promised in an old agreement with the family that owns it, and when that promise is withdrawn in favor of solar panels, the household has to reckon with a livelihood that could vanish within a season. Simón builds the film around the ordinary texture of farm life: children running between the rows, adults arguing over how to respond, grandparents watching a way of life edge toward its last summer. Jordi Pujol Dolcet leads an entirely non-professional cast drawn from the region, which gives the arguments around the dinner table and the physical labor in the orchard an unforced, lived-in quality rather than a performed one.
About the cast
Jordi Pujol Dolcet anchors the ensemble as the family patriarch trying to hold the harvest and the household together, alongside Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Joseph Abadia, Montse Oró, and Carles Cabós. None arrived as trained actors; Carla Simón cast locals from the Catalan countryside, and the film leans into that choice rather than smoothing it over.
Context & significance
Alcarras comes from Spain and runs 120 minutes, set within the Adventure and Drama genres despite its quiet, agricultural setting rather than any conventional sense of spectacle. It draws on writer-director Carla Simón's own family history in Catalonia's fruit-growing country, and the film's stance toward the land is closer to memoir than invention. The IMDb community holds it at a solid 7.0, a reception that reflects steady critical attention for a small, regionally specific drama rather than a broad commercial push.
Watching Alcarras on Ktime
Alcarras streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles both available, so viewers can choose whichever fits their evening. Access just needs a free K-Time account login, and the platform is built around a Farsi-first interface for the Iranian diaspora audience, with no separate charge tied to this title.