The Olive Tree
Film poster
Directed byIcíar Bollaín
Written byPaul Laverty
StarringAnna Castillo
Release dates
  • 6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) (Miami International Film Festival)
  • 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office$1.9 million[1]

The Olive Tree (Spanish: El olivo) is a 2016 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín.[2] It was also shortlisted as one of three films as the Spanish submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but was not selected.[3][4]

Plot

Alma is a 20-year-old girl and adores her grandfather, a man who has not spoken for years. When the elderly man also refuses to eat, the girl decides to recover the millenary tree that the family sold against his will. In order to succeed, she needs to count on her uncle, a victim of the crisis, her friend Rafa, and her whole town to help her. The problem is to find out where in Europe the olive tree is.

Cast

  • Anna Castillo as Alma
  • Javier Gutiérrez as Alcachofa
  • Pep Ambròs as Rafa
  • Manuel Cucala as Ramón
  • Miguel Angel Aladren as Luis
  • Ana Isabel Mena as Sole
  • Carme Pla as Vanessa

Reception

Critical response

The Olive Tree has an approval rating of 88% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.[5]

Awards and nominations

AwardsCategoryNominatedResult
IV Premios Feroz[6][7] Best Main Actress Anna Castillo Nominated
31st Goya Awards[8] Best Supporting Actor Javier Gutiérrez Nominated
Best New Actress Anna Castillo Won
Best Original Screenplay Paul Laverty Nominated
Best Original Score Pascal Gaigne Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "El Olivo (The Olive Tree)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "'The Olive Tree' ('El Olivo'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "El olivo, Julieta y La novia, camino a Hollywood". La Academia. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ De Pablos, Emiliano (20 August 2016). "Bollain's 'Olive Tree,' Almodovar's 'Julieta,' Ortiz's 'Bride' On Spain's Oscar Short-List". Variety. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_olive_tree
  6. ↑ "'El hombre de las mil caras lidera los Feroz". LosExtras (in Spanish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017" (in Spanish). El Huffinton Post. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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