Far from the Trees (1972)
- Original title
- Lejos de los árboles
- Directed by
- Jacint Esteva Grewe
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Spanish documentary travels through impoverished rural areas of Spain in the 1960s. It shows the harsh living conditions that contrast with the official image of a modernizing nation under Franco.
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What happens
Far from the Trees (Spanish: Lejos de los árboles) is a documentary film by Spanish artist and director Jacinto Esteva Grew. Shot in 1963, it was held up for nine years before its release in 1972. A documentary told as a travelogue and intent on exposing the intense poverty of areas of Spain outside of the touristic eye, Far from the Trees is considered by some a successor to Luis Buñuel's Land Without Bread. As a political statement, the film is a protest to the image of a newly modernized Spain being promoted by Franco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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