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The Strawberry Tree

Original title: El árbol de las fresas
  • 2011
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Testing the boundaries between anthropology, documentary and reverie, El árbol de las fresas is a mesmerizing cinematic poem that portrays with rigorous restraint the final sigh of one of Cuba’s last fishing villages. 
Besides the introductory sequence, the film was entirely shot in the remote hamlet of Juan Antonio, only weeks before it disappeared at the hands of a hurricane. Located where Columbus first set anchor in his 1492 discovery of the New World, the village hosted a singular fishing community, where traits and habits of the Taìno indigenous population had survived and mixed with those of the Spanish colonizers.
The film primarily focuses on the daily routines of two families, Silva Ocampo and Silva Vidal, while they prepare for ChildrenÂ’s Day and the next dayÂ’s fishing expedition. Their ingeniousness and resilience, as well as their playful and irreverent attitude toward the filmmaker, provide a continuous source of reflection and amusement. The filmmakerÂ’s initial prominence slowly fades through the course of the film, leaving space to the tension between the village and its ultimate fate. 
Through a candid observation of the villagers and of the peculiar relationship that develops between them and the filmmaker, El árbol de las fresas renders a sensitive portrait of a unique culture into a meditation on documentary filmmaking and on humanity on the edge of time.
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Testing the boundaries between anthropology, documentary and reverie, the film is a mesmerizing cinematic poem that portrays with rigorous restraint the final sigh of one of Cuba's last fish... Read allTesting the boundaries between anthropology, documentary and reverie, the film is a mesmerizing cinematic poem that portrays with rigorous restraint the final sigh of one of Cuba's last fishing villages. Besides the introductory sequence, the film was entirely shot in the remote ... Read allTesting the boundaries between anthropology, documentary and reverie, the film is a mesmerizing cinematic poem that portrays with rigorous restraint the final sigh of one of Cuba's last fishing villages. Besides the introductory sequence, the film was entirely shot in the remote hamlet of Juan Antonio, only weeks before it disappeared at the hands of a hurricane. Loca... Read all

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    • Simone Rapisarda Casanova
  • Writer
    • Simone Rapisarda Casanova
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
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    • Director
      • Simone Rapisarda Casanova
    • Writer
      • Simone Rapisarda Casanova
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    • Release date
      • August 11, 2011 (Switzerland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Cuba
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    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • L'albero delle fragole
    • Filming locations
      • Cuba
    • Production company
      • Ibidem Films
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      • 1h 11m(71 min)
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