Alternative Title The Olive Tree
Alternative Title 2
Original Title El olivo
Original Language Spanish
Leading Actor Anna Castillo
Second Actor Javier Gutiérrez
Third Actor Pep Ambròs
Director Icíar Bollaín
Second Director
Producer Juan Gordon
Scriptwriter Paul Laverty
Film Type Drama
Country Spain
Date of Original Release 01/01/2016 00:00:00
Synopsis 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…
Part No 1
Production Company Morena Films, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Eurimages
Cinematographer Sergi Gallardo
Composer Pascal Gaigne
Editor Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Title Number 4170
Date of Original Transmission
Date of Recording for the Library
Channel Recorded from
Length of Program 94
Colour Colour
Sound 5.1
Screen Type 2.35:1
Subtitled English
Dubbed
Series
Department HISPANIC
Video Format DVD REGION 2
Artist
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