'The Seasons' Courtesy of Marianne Andrea Borowiec Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment The Locarno Film Festival, at its 78th edition this year, is inviting audiences to explore The Seasons (As Estações). The movie is the solo directorial feature debut from Maureen Fazendeiro (medium-length film Les Habitants, short Black Sun), a French filmmaker and casting director living in Lisbon who is known as a long-time collaborator of Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes, with whom she co-directed The Tsugua Diaries and co-wrote Grand Tour. The film will world premiere in the Swiss festival's main competition lineup on Aug. 11. Related Stories Business Blue Ant Media to Go Public After Completing Reverse Takeover TV 'The Office' Alum Anthony Q. Farrell Boards Cricket Comedy 'Strikers' as Showrunner (Exclusive) The film is based on accounts and tales collected during its preparation and the personalarchives and fieldnotes of German archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner, who studied megalithic sites in Iberia. "Weaving together accounts of rural workers and field notes of a couple of archaeologists, amateur footage and scientific drawings, legends, poems, and songs, As Estações is a journey through the real history and the tales of a region in southern Portugal, Alentejo, and a portrait of the people who have lived there," notes a synopsis on the festival website. Fazendeiro herself, in a director's statement, describes the movie as "an archaeological film," explaining: "It excavates the landscape, the voices, and gestures of the people of Alentejo to uncover the vestiges of a shared history, one of wars and revolutions, fear and resistance, permanence and metamorphosis." 'The Seasons' Courtesy of Marianne Andrea Borowiec Written and directed by Fazendeiro, The Seasons features cinematography from Robin Fresson and Marta Simões. As cast members, Simão Ramalho, Cláudio da Silva, Ana Potra, Manuel Leitão, and António Sozinho are listed, along with voice cast members Gerti Drassl, Michaela Kaspar, Raphael von Bargen, Toni Slama, António Abel, and Simão Romeu. International sales on the co-production between Portugal, France, Spain, and Austria, are being handled by Square Eyes. THR can unveil a trailer for The Seasons, which features, among other things, archeologists, rocks, flowers, the moon, lots of goats, and such lines as "I heard a story" and "Once upon a time." Watch the full trailer below and decide for yourself if you want to hear a story. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan Admits It's "Frustrating" Being Pigeonholed By Past Roles: "Give Me the Chance" The Conjuring Comedian Matt Rife Buys Ed and Lorraine Warren's Occult Museum That Houses Annabelle Doll in 'The Conjuring' Franchise Sofia Carson Sofia Carson Is Ready to Offer a "Classic Timeless Love Story" With 'My Oxford Year' Heat Vision Box Office: 'Bad Guys 2,' 'Naked Gun' Scoring Solid Openings as 'Fantastic Four' Stays No. 1 Overall Heat Vision Tom Holland's New Spider-Man Suit for 'Brand New Day' Revealed Kpop 'KPop Demon Hunters' Review: Netflix's Surprise Smash Is a Dazzlingly Animated, Infectiously Soundtracked Treat Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan Admits It's "Frustrating" Being Pigeonholed By Past Roles: "Give Me the Chance" The Conjuring Comedian Matt Rife Buys Ed and Lorraine Warren's Occult Museum That Houses Annabelle Doll in 'The Conjuring' Franchise Sofia Carson Sofia Carson Is Ready to Offer a "Classic Timeless Love Story" With 'My Oxford Year' Heat Vision Box Office: 'Bad Guys 2,' 'Naked Gun' Scoring Solid Openings as 'Fantastic Four' Stays No. 1 Overall Heat Vision Tom Holland's New Spider-Man Suit for 'Brand New Day' Revealed Kpop 'KPop Demon Hunters' Review: Netflix's Surprise Smash Is a Dazzlingly Animated, Infectiously Soundtracked Treat