The Catalan Pyrenees offers dreamlike landscapes where nature stands as the protagonist. However, this mountain range not only awaits a space for the green, but is also the setting for unique human stories. Rosa M. Bosch brings together seven testimonies from people, with very different profiles, who live in this geographical area. From her portrait, Bosch brings us closer to the possibilities that this territory offers for different ways of life.
Elisabet Farrero moved to Barcelona to study and, although she liked the city, she ended up returning to her hometown, Barruera. There she opened a restaurant in which she combines creative cuisine with local products. Her dishes speak of her illusions, her trips and her love for the Vall de Boí.
Three cerebral edemas, a severe facial paralysis and a removal of the left ear. Those were the circumstances that caused the absolute incapacity of Juan Martínez. Fifteen years later, he has created a ski clothing brand in Bausen, a town 900 meters above sea level in the Val d'Aran.
Josep Rabasa left the address of a bank office to live the adventure of making wine. He decided to settle in Olp (Pallars Sobirà), his real home. In the meadows where the cattle grazed, they planted vines of the Pinot Noir, Riesling and Viognier varieties, which are already distributed internationally.
Maragda Farràs created a workshop and residence for artists in a small town in La Cerdanya with less than 50 inhabitants. Between stables and livestock farms, artisans and creatives settle in the Farràs house to develop their specialized projects in sustainable ways of working.
A place to be more free. This is the home located in Montgarri where Kim Calbetó lives. It is an old rectory, in a town abandoned in the mid-20th century. A church that has become a refuge and where he lives with skiers and hikers who enjoy the area.
The remote Tor is sadly known for the murder of Josep Sansa in 1995, still unsolved. The dispute over the ownership of the mountain, the most likely cause of his death. Almost 30 years later, Pili Tomàs, one of the 14 registered in this small town on the border with Andorra, serves many of the tourists who come to the town because of her dark reputation in her restaurant.
Joan Jordana is happy with her cattle but does not hide from denouncing the conditions in which they live in the countryside. She does not doubt that this is a vocational job and she asks that ranchers with less bureaucracy and better salaries be valued. Meanwhile, Joan will continue with her 130 cows, waiting to receive better treatment.
