
IDFA 2003
Boven in de kerselaar
High up in the Cherry Orchard
Albert Brosens
Netherlands
1948
7 min
A short cinematographic impression of cherry-picking season in Holland’s Betuwe region. Made in a time when mechanisation had not yet taken over fruit farming, it is pleasing to watch people carefully hand-picking cherries from the trees. Everyday depictions of the work-break or the schooing off of hungry birds are visualised in graphic ways.
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