Directed by Alejandro Cortes Calahora, Carrasca is a powerful documentary road movie that serves as both an artistic manifesto and an intimate portrait of Spanish painter Teresa Ramón. Blending elements of tragedy, black humor, and poetic realism, the film traces Ramón’s five-decade journey through the art world—a path marked by creative defiance, personal sacrifice, and spiritual rebirth. As she travels through emotionally and physically charged landscapes, Ramón reflects on her near-death experience and the profound impact it had on her art and identity. Carrasca is not only a meditation on the transformative power of creativity, but also a critical examination of gender, aging, and resilience in a male-dominated cultural sphere. Through her evocative narrative and visual symbolism, Ramón invites viewers into the raw interior of the creative process, offering a compelling case for art as survival, resistance, and radical self-expression.

“Impeccable rhythm, a flawless script, superb technical workmanship and music that fills every image; Carrasca is a documentary about a great artist who has signed an increasingly solid and important filmmaker.” — Carmen Puyó, Heraldo de Aragón

“A personal road movie and a living testament from a veteran painter.” — El Periódico de Catalunya

"A selfless wife and mother? Teresa Ramón, the woman who only wanted to be an artist. Carrasca is not a typical documentary, it is a fable in the form of a road movie full of admiration and affection." — Henrique Mariño, Público

"Carrasca's success in Europe, the United States and South America continues, while in our country she is a reference on platforms and TV. Beyond the labels, Carrasca is extraordinarily fertile in many facets of a life turned into a testament, which captures the exuberant personality of a woman, artist, mother, wife, and grandmother, who has survived in a world of men and also of well-intentioned and ill-intentioned women. Because her world includes the whole palette of colors, even with a trip to the afterlife.” — Javier García Antón, El Diario de Huesca

"“When I saw Carrasca, Alejandro Cortés's formidable documentary about Teresa Ramón, I remembered my mother and thought: “Teresa is not going to die of fear.” Carrasca is the female version of the oak, a tree gifted to withstand all kinds of attacks. Alejandro Cortés chose an unbeatable title to portray this woman expert in survival, both vital and professional. Teresa, like my mother, has no filter. That, in someone like her, is a memorable spectacle. What grace, what depth and what truth. Teresa is, all of her, from top to bottom, from the moment she enters until she leaves, from the moment she comes until she leaves, pure truth. In Carrasca she leaves a mythical farewell: “I will give you the stick even after I die.”— Luis Alegre, Heraldo de Aragón

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Madrid Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Spanish Feature Film; Buñuel-Calanda International Film Festival - Best Feature Film; Beloit International Film Festiva; SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival; Bogota International Film Festival; Costa Rica European Film Festival; Huesca International Film Festival; ATLANTIDOC International Documentary Film Festival of Uruguay; DOCMONTEVIDEO; Simón Awards of the Aragonese Film Academy - Simón Award for Best Music