Spanish tale of threatened family farm wins Berlinale’s Golden Bear

Director Carla Simon described her film as a study of intergenerational tensions and how they and other fissures can be deepened by the trauma of seeing the death of a way of life once thought eternal.

Spanish director Carla Simon's film "Alcarras," which explores the divisions ripped into a close-knit family of Catalan farmers when they face eviction from their ancestral plot, won the Berlin Film Festival's top prize on Wednesday.