A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
May 6, 2016
Original Title:
El Olivo
Alternate Titles:
Oliivipuu
Olivovník
The olive tree
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Entertainment One
Eurimages
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Morena Films
Movistar+
Natixis Coficiné
Olivo La Película, El
Seville International
TVE
The Match Factory
Production Countries:
Belgium | Canada | France | Germany | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 6 DE: 6 ES: 7 GB: 15 GR: Κ
Runtime: 96
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.
Art Department Assistant:
Irene Milla
Art Direction:
Anja Fromm
Laia Colet
Assistant Costume Designer:
Rocío Redondo
Boom Operator:
Iñaki Díez
Roger Orcau
Camera Operator:
Paul Pieck
Casting:
Mireia Juárez
Casting Assistant:
Tatiana Dunyó
Co-Producer:
Viola Fügen
Michael Weber
Costume Design:
Susa Sasserath
Fran Cruz
Director:
Icíar Bollaín
Director of Photography:
Sergi Gallardo
Editor:
Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Executive Producer:
Pilar Benito
Pedro Uriol
Foley:
Diego S. Staub
Miguel Barbosa
Gaffer:
Georg Nonnenmacher
Tito Arcas
Hairstylist:
Marcela Barreto
Paco Rodríguez H.
Key Grip:
Julio Fernández Santa
Makeup Artist:
Karmele Soler
Original Music Composer:
Pascal Gaigne
Post Production Supervisor:
Elena Alcolea
Producer:
Juan Gordon
Production Manager:
Cristina Zumárraga
Production Sound Mixer:
Eva Valiño
Property Master:
Cristina Foradada
Stefan Isfort
Screenplay:
Paul Laverty
Script Supervisor:
Núria Casanueva
Set Decoration:
Ángela Nahum
Marta Bazaco
Sound Designer:
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Sound Editor:
Andrea Paralta
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Sergio Testón
Special Effects Supervisor:
Josep Claret
Still Photographer:
José Haro
Marino Scandurra
Supervising Sound Editor:
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Ute Paffendorf
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