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San Agustín - Marea baja en el mar del plástico

San Agustín - Marea baja en el mar del plástico (2012)

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Mercedes built the first greenhouses of San Agustín with her own two hands. She is now an old lady, and Andalusia has long since become Europe’s vegetable plantation, with 90% of the sweet peppers in our supermarkets coming from the so-called plastic coast. It’s a lucrative business – but not for the farmers of San Agustín, whose share of profits is miniscule. This results in many of them taking on cheap labour from illegal African immigrants. A mysterious virus that threatens to destroy the crop further compounds the situation – with the affair dubbed the “cucumber crisis”. In this portrayal of a village and its people, three filmmakers highlight in nine chapters the deeper workings of industrialised agriculture – presenting another side to Southern Spain, far from its image as a beach filled, party Mecca. Like the holiday industry, vegetable growing receives criticism for its excessive exaggeration. But who are the real black sheep?

Updated May 26 2020

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2012-09-23

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Runtime: 71 mins Rating: 0.0
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Crew

Gudrun Gruber
Gudrun Gruber
Director
Alexander Hick
Alexander Hick
Director
Michael Schmitt
Michael Schmitt
Director

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