Alcarràs: A Farming Family Reaches Berlin | B1 Spanish
Read in B1 Spanish how Alcarràs used a Catalan setting and a local non-professional cast before winning the 2022 Golden Bear.
Alcarràs: una familia campesina llega a Berlín
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What you'll learn
Film and farming vocabulary, the present perfect, impersonal se, result states and indirect object pronouns.
A B1 Spanish reading about Carla Simón's film Alcarràs, its rural Catalan setting, non-professional cast and 2022 Golden Bear.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
última cosecha
newthe last harvest
The phrase names the final time crops are gathered in this story.
It helps describe an ending through a concrete farming event.
como simple fondo
newas mere background
Como simple fondo means as something that only decorates the scene and has no active role.
Useful for explaining that a setting affects the story.
personas de la zona
newpeople from the area
De la zona means from the surrounding place or region.
Useful for talking about local residents without naming every town.
un caso concreto
newa specific case
Un caso concreto is one clearly identified example, not a general rule.
Useful for limiting a conclusion and avoiding an unsupported generalization.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Feature film
largometraje
feature film
Largometraje is a film long enough to be shown as a full main work.
A common word in film reviews and festival programs.
Peach trees
melocotoneros
peach trees
Melocotoneros are trees that produce peaches.
Useful for understanding the farm at the center of the film.
Legacy
legado
legacy
Legado is something received from earlier generations and passed on.
Useful for discussing family memory, land and traditions.
Cast
reparto
cast
Reparto is the group of actors who perform in a film or play.
Essential vocabulary for talking about cinema.
Casting process
cásting
casting process
Cásting is the process of choosing performers for roles.
Useful for describing how a production selects its actors.
Award
galardón
award
Galardón is a prize or distinction given for merit.
Useful in news and texts about festivals and competitions.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Impersonal se
se habla en catalán
it is spoken in Catalan
Se habla uses third-person singular with se to state what people speak without naming them.
Useful for describing common language use without identifying a speaker.
Present perfect
ha cultivado melocotoneros
has grown peach trees
Ha cultivado links a past activity with the time period presented as continuing up to the story's present.
Useful for describing an activity that began in the past and remains relevant now.
Result state with estar
está formado por actores no profesionales
is made up of non-professional actors
Está formado por describes the resulting composition of the cast.
Useful for saying what a group or object consists of.
Indirect object le
El jurado le concedió el Oso de Oro
The jury awarded the Golden Bear to her
Le points to Simón as the recipient, while el Oso de Oro is what the jury awarded.
Useful for distinguishing the recipient from the thing given.
Convertirse en
se convirtió así en la primera mujer española
became the first Spanish woman
Convertirse en expresses a change into a new state, role or category.
Useful for describing personal, social or historical change.
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