The Seasons (2025)

Original title

As Estações

Directed by

Maureen Fazendeiro

Genre

docufiction

Country

France, Portugal, Austria, Spain

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the changing seasons in Portugal's Alentejo region. It mixes real and fictional stories about the people who have lived there over time.

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What happens

The Seasons (Portuguese: As Estações) is a 2025 docufiction film written and directed by Maureen Fazendeiro in her directorial feature debut. The film traces the passage of seasons while exploring both the documented and fictional histories of Portugal's Alentejo region and its successive inhabitants. An international co-production, the film had its world premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 11 August 2025, in the Main Competition section, where it competed for Golden Leopard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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