The Seasons
The film travels at the pace of the seasons through the real and fictional story of a region in Portugal, the Alentejo, and the peoples who have lived there. It begins at a present with no memory and travels back in time to the immemorial time, before the invention of writing. Along the way, it crosses more or less distant pasts: the work and life of German archaeologists detained far away from home during WWII, through their archives and letters; the occupation of the land by the rural workers after the revolution in April 1974; stories kept in the collective memory. During this journey we meet women and men, old people and children, shepherds, hunters, beekeepers, archaeologist, teachers and storytellers, and also ruins, dolmens and a thousand-year old olive tree. All contribute, with their memories, believes and knowledge, to compose a poetic, political, multi-layered and polyphonic portrait of the region.
- Year: 2025
- Country: Portugal, France, Spain, Austria
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: O Som e a Fúria, Norte Productions, Filmika Galaika, Nabis Filmgroup
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- Director: Maureen Fazendeiro
- Cast: Simão Ramalho, Cláudio da Silva, Ana Potra, Manuel Leitão, António Sozinho, Gerti Drassl
