Organized by the Historical Heritage Service of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Official College of Architects of Murcia, Pablo Carbonell Ecoproyecta study and production company InDirecFilm., In collaboration with the City of Ricote, yesterday held an intense day of character Cultural with visits to the emblematic places of the municipality including the house of Los Llamas, which is now the cultural center, acting as a guide to the councilor José María García Avilés.
The day ended with the projection in the Assembly Hall of the City Council of the film ‘Desarraigo’, by Joaquín Lison, shot in the surroundings of the Segura River, in its stretch of the Ricote Valley, in which in a metaphorical-surrealist way, With a strong sense of documentary identity and auteur cinema, it is evident the remarkable change that has taken place in rural areas, with a continuous depopulation, the scarce profitability of traditional activities, which create a feeling in the Ricote Valley of uprooting, which could be traced back to the expulsion of the last Moriscos, in the years 1609 and 1615, by order of King Felipe III.
Desarraigo is the second film belonging to the film project: «The memory of a river», from Pontones to Guardamar with four feature films, which was already premiered at the Teatro Cervantes de Abarán weeks ago.
The screening was attended by several of the leading actors, along with the mayor Celedonio Moreno and numerous neighbors and friends of art and culture.