

Oliva Oliva
âAt the heart of the life of a family of beekeepers in the Spanish Salamanca.â
Overview
A filmed diary which chronicles two visits to the Olivas, a family of Spanish beekeepers from Salamanca, at the time of the honey harvest, in August and September. Their work and their itinerant life are seen from a friend's point of view.
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