Where the Trees Bear Meat
Original title: Donde los árboles dan carne
Year: 2024
Language: Spanish
Available subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary
Country: Argentina, USA, Spain
Runtime: 72 min
Status: Released
In the Argentine Pampas, life seems to be on hold. A prolonged drought is killing off the livestock and threatening the existence of Omar, a farmer, his nonagenarian mother and Libertad, his 4-year-old granddaughter. Far from the folkloric imagery of the gauchos, Alexis Franco confronts the harshness and fragility of a condition in this western in the age of the Anthropocene.
Director: Alexis Franco
Screenplay: Alexis Franco
DoP: Carlos Corral
Editing: Ana Remon
Music: Juan Pablo Rancich
Sound Design: Bernat Fortiana Chico
Producers: Nadia Martinez (Argentina), Roberto Minervini, Denise Ping Lee, Alexis Franco (USA), Ines Massa (Spain)
Festivals
Visions du Reel, 2024, International Competition //
Awards
Trento Film festival - Best film // Film Festival Nancy - Best film
News and reviews
“It’s about how love binds a family despite the difficulties, the ability to endure and adapt even in very difficult circumstances” Variety
“mesmeric and intoxicating” Business Doc Europe
“masterfully executed" Film Fest Report