Donde los árboles dan carne
Donde los árboles dan carne
Where the Trees Bear Meat
Alexis Franco
Argentina, Spain, United States / 2024 / 72' / Italian premiere
Donde los árboles dan carne
Where the Trees Bear Meat
Alexis Franco
Argentina, Spain, United States / 2024 / 72' / Italian premiere

In the heartland of Argentina, a hardworking cattle rancher, Omar, finds himself entangled in an unyielding battle against the wrath of nature. A prolonged drought threatens to extinguish the gaucho way of life, and the land now bears the heavy burden of dying livestock. As Omar struggles to keep his cows alive, we witness the heart-wrenching decisions he must make to save what little remains. DONDE LOS ARBOLES DAN CARNE is a raw and genuine film about an intergenerational family whose love binds them together, despite the difficulties they face in keeping a traditional way of life alive. It portrays the human spirit’s ability to endure, adapt, and find hope even in the harshest of circumstances, standing as a testament to the strength and resilience of ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges.

Language: Spanish

Subtitles: Italian, English

Screenings

Donde los árboles dan carne is part of these programs:

27/04/2025
15:00
Supercinema Vittoria
Not available
29/04/2025
21:15
Multisala Modena — Sala 3
Not available
03/05/2025
21:15
Multisala Modena — Sala 3
Not available
04/05/2025
21:15
Multisala Modena — Sala 2
Not available

Director

Alexis Franco

Alexis Franco

Alexis Franco was born in Argentina and currently lives in the United States, working in both Cinema and Architecture. He has participated in numerous projects with worldwide recognition. WHERE THE TREES BEAR MEAT is his first feature film.

Awards

“City of Trento” Grand Prix Golden Gentian for the Best Film
Ed. 2025
With an intimate yet powerful gaze, Alexis Franco takes us deep into the heart of the Argentine Pampa, where different generations face the consequences of desertification and the dissolution of a world that once seemed unchangeable. The director crafts a film suspended between fiction and reality: a humanist neo-western that deconstructs and reimagines the masculine myth of the gaucho, restoring dignity and fragility to a community that still resists without rhetoric. The narrative unfolds through daily gestures and arid landscapes, evoking a silent epic that questions our relationship with the land and with time.

Gallery

Trento Film Map