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Synopsis:

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.

International Title: The Seasons

Director: Maureen Fazendeiro

Producer/s: Valentina Novati (Norte Productions), Luís Urbano (O Som e a Fúria), Beli Martínez (Filmika Galaika)

Country of Production: France – Portugal – Spain

Project Status: Production

Estimated Length: 90 min.