The Olive Tree (2016)
(El olivo)
Country: SP/GER
Technical: col/2.35:1 100m
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Cast: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala
Synopsis:
A family that has worked on its olive groves for generations is divided by the sale of a millennial tree to a German energy company. The patriarch stops speaking altogether, and his devoted grand-daughter determines to get the tree back, come what may.
Review:
A resonant rather than whimsical drama from Ken Loach's favourite writer, The Olive Tree is particularly good at showing characters working through the damage caused by past trauma, and ends with a potent image of natural renewal. As befitting a principal character whose name is Alma, this film is all soul.
(El olivo)
Country: SP/GER
Technical: col/2.35:1 100m
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Cast: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala
Synopsis:
A family that has worked on its olive groves for generations is divided by the sale of a millennial tree to a German energy company. The patriarch stops speaking altogether, and his devoted grand-daughter determines to get the tree back, come what may.
Review:
A resonant rather than whimsical drama from Ken Loach's favourite writer, The Olive Tree is particularly good at showing characters working through the damage caused by past trauma, and ends with a potent image of natural renewal. As befitting a principal character whose name is Alma, this film is all soul.
(El olivo)
Country: SP/GER
Technical: col/2.35:1 100m
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Cast: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala
Synopsis:
A family that has worked on its olive groves for generations is divided by the sale of a millennial tree to a German energy company. The patriarch stops speaking altogether, and his devoted grand-daughter determines to get the tree back, come what may.
Review:
A resonant rather than whimsical drama from Ken Loach's favourite writer, The Olive Tree is particularly good at showing characters working through the damage caused by past trauma, and ends with a potent image of natural renewal. As befitting a principal character whose name is Alma, this film is all soul.