THE OLIVE TREE
synopsis
Alma, 20, works in a chicken farm by the village of Canet, in the province of Castellon, on the East coast of Spain. She has a profound connection with her dearly beloved Grandfather, despite the fact he stopped talking years ago. But when he starts to refuse food as well, Alma becomes obsessed with an idea: the only way to save her Grandfather is to recover the two-thousand-year-old olive tree that the family uprooted and sold 12 years ago against his will.
international title: | The Olive Tree |
original title: | El olivo |
country: | Spain, Germany |
sales agent: | Seville International [CA] |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Icíar Bollaín |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | ES 4/03/2016, FR 13/07/2016 |
screenplay: | Paul Laverty |
cast: | Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs |
cinematography by: | Sergi Gallardo |
art director: | Laia Colet |
music: | Pascal Gaigne |
producer: | Juan Gordon |
co-producer: | Michael Weber, Viola Fügen |
production: | Morena Films, The Match Factory Productions, El olivo la Película A.I.E |
backing: | TVE, Movistar+, Eurimages, Creative Europe - MEDIA |
distributor: | Entertainment One - eOne Films Spain, Piffl Medien Filmverleih, Haut et Court |