The Olive Tree

The Olive Tree

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 6, 2016

Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat. His sons—Alma’s father and uncle—are impatient with him, but Alma understands her grandfather. She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. (A sadly common reality in Castellón at present.) Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard, so that her grandfather may have peace in his final days.

The Olive Tree

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 6, 2016

The Olive Tree
Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat. His sons—Alma’s father and uncle—are impatient with him, but Alma understands her grandfather. She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. (A sadly common reality in Castellón at present.) Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard, so that her grandfather may have peace in his final days.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Eurimages, TVE, FFA, The Match Factory, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Morena Films, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Natixis Coficiné, Movistar+, Olivo La Película, El
Original title El olivo
Directors Núria Casanueva, Icíar Bollaín
Writers Paul Laverty

Cast

Anna Castillo

as Alma

Javier Gutiérrez

as Alcachofa

Pep Ambròs

as Rafa

Manuel Cucala

as Ramón

Carme Pla

as Vanessa

Ana Isabel Mena

as Sole

María Romero

as Wiki

Paula Usero

as Adelle

Cris Blanco

as Estrella

Paco Manzanedo

as Nelson

Inés Ruiz

as Alma 8 años

Aina Requena

as Madre de Alma

Pia Stutzenstein

as Katrin

Hannah Werth

as Marie

Pilar García

as Conchita

Alberto Montes

as Barman

Lesley Jennifer Higl

as Recepcionista

Cristina García

as Mujer del Vivero

Iñaki Mur

as Chico Discoteca

Ana Ulloa

as Médico SS

Alexander Eisenbraun

as Guardia de Seguridad

Jürgen Klein

as Guardia de Seguridad 2

Rafa Cantos

as Chico Cama

Anselmo Sospedra

as Hombre Mesa Bar 1

Francisco Marín

as Hombre Mesa Bar 2

Emilio Verges

as Hombre Mesa Bar 3

Ángel Ferreres

as Hombre Mesa Bar 4

Alba Saura

as Entrevistadora

José Torres

as Hombre Mayor Sordo

María Dolores Bel

as Mujer Mayor

Nicolás Ogalla

as Nico

Vicent Cauxach

as Hombre Mayor Enfadado

Natxo Rodes

as Vecino

Daniel Rueda

as Vigilante Seguridad Francés

Juanma Lara

as Rodrigo