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The Olive Tree

Original title: El olivo
  • 20162016
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
3.5K
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Anna Castillo in El olivo (2016)
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A girl, her uncle and a friend start an emotional travel to recover a family tree.A girl, her uncle and a friend start an emotional travel to recover a family tree.A girl, her uncle and a friend start an emotional travel to recover a family tree.

IMDb RATING
6.8/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Icíar Bollaín
  • Writer
    • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anna Castillo
    • Javier Gutiérrez
    • Pep Ambròs
Top credits
  • Director
    • Icíar Bollaín
  • Writer
    • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anna Castillo
    • Javier Gutiérrez
    • Pep Ambròs
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    • 12User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 15 nominations

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    Anna Castillo
    Anna Castillo
    • Almaas Alma
    Javier Gutiérrez
    Javier Gutiérrez
    • Alcachofaas Alcachofa
    Pep Ambròs
    • Rafaas Rafa
    Manuel Cucala
    • Ramónas Ramón
    Miguel Angel Aladren
    • Luisas Luis
    • (as Miguel Ángel Aladren)
    Carme Pla
    • Vanessaas Vanessa
    Ana Isabel Mena
    • Soleas Sole
    María Romero
    • Wikias Wiki
    Paula Usero
    Paula Usero
    • Adelleas Adelle
    Janina Agnes Schröder
    Janina Agnes Schröder
    • Sophieas Sophie
    Cris Blanco
    • Estrellaas Estrella
    Paco Manzanedo
    Paco Manzanedo
    • Nelsonas Nelson
    Inés Ruiz
    • Alma 8 añosas Alma 8 años
    Aina Requena
    • Madre de Almaas Madre de Alma
    Pia Stutzenstein
    Pia Stutzenstein
    • Kristinas Kristin
    Hanna Werth
    • Marieas Marie
    Juanma Lara
    • Rodrigoas Rodrigo
    Pilar García
    • Conchitaas Conchita
    • Director
      • Icíar Bollaín
    • Writer
      • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Alma is a young girl with emotional problems and a special relationship with her grandfather Ramón, an old country man who stopped talking about 12 years ago after his son, Alma's father, sold a 2000-years-old olive tree in order to open a restaurant. Dominated by the sadness and the melancholia by the loss of his most beloved tree, Ramon spends his days visiting the place where the olive tree was planted, hoping the day the tree returns. Unable to bear the situation any longer, Alma looking for the olive tree, discovering that it was acquired by a Germany's energy company located in Dusseldorf. Without money or resources, Alma convinces her uncle Alcachofa and her friend Rafa (who has a love interest for her) to go in a truck from Spain to Germany to recover the tree, starting a travel with unexpected consequences for everyone... —Chockys
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    • Taglines
      • There Is a Land With a Soul.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
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    • Trivia
      Paul Laverty got the idea for the movie after reading a newspaper article about the selling of Spanish ancient trees to Europe or Asia for decorative reasons. He mulled over it for a decade before actually writing it.
    • Goofs
      At minute 62, when the lorry is driving in continental Europe (and about to enter Germany), footage of a motorway is briefly shown, with traffic driving on the left hand side.

    User reviews12

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    Top review
    9/10
    Simple but well accessorized
    The film opens with a telephone prank, reminding me as an American that it's to the Spanish we largely owe the art of pulling someone's leg and of amusing exaggeration. But the prank introduces an important theme, also Spanish, of who's getting the upper hand at whose expense. And the additional theme of how hard it is to retain a traditional sense of honor under 21st-century economic pressures. The plot is of the very simplest-- save the ancient olive tree!-- but the characters have side concerns of their own which, while not indispensable to plot, serve to humanize the movie and inspire empathy. The man beside me in the theater remarked two or three times, "Excellent acting." Nice music, too, and flashes of humor. My wife, who knows a little Spanish, let me know how colorless the English subtitles (here in Israel, anyway) were in comparison.
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    • Jun 7, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 6, 2016 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • German
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Zeytin Ağacı
    • Filming locations
      • Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Morena Films
      • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)
      • Eurimages
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €4,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,090,232
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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