The Strawberry Tree
( El Arbol de las fresas )

Simone Rapisarda Casanova
2011 - 71 min - HD - Couleur - Italie, Canada (Québec)

Filmed in the remote fishing village of Juan Antonio, Cuba, just before it disappeared at the hands of a hurricane, El árbol de las fresas is a cinematic poem that tests the boundaries between anthropology, documentary and reverie. The villagers’ ingeniousness and resilience, as well as their playful and irreverent relationship with the filmmaker, render a sensitive portrait of a unique culture into a reflection on documentary filmmaking and on humanity on the edge of time.

Anthropologie | Île | Cuba


Author-Director : Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Photography : Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Sound : Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Editing : Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Delegate Producer : Ibidem Films

Distribution


Distributor : Ibidem Films
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2012 - Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris (France) : Compétition Internationale
2012 - IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) : Sélection officielle
2012 - Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Québec (Canada) : Sélection officielle
2011 - Festival internazionale del film Locarno, Locarno (Suisse) : Sélection