The Olive Tree
El Olivo
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.
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Cast
Anna Castillo
as Alma
Pep Ambròs
as Rafa
Manuel Cucala
as Ramón
Pia Stutzenstein
as Katrin
Miguel Ángel Aladrén
as Luis
Alexander Eisenbraun
as Guardia de Seguridad
Paula Usero
as Adelle
Paco Manzanedo
as Nelson
Juanma Lara
as Rodrigo
Carme Pla
as Vanessa
Ana Isabel Mena
as Sole
Javier Gutiérrez
as Alcachofa
Janina Agnes Schröder
as Sophie
Aina Requena
as Madre de Alma
Cristina García
as Mujer del Vivero
Jürgen Klein
as Guardia de Seguridad 2
Crew
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Miguel Barbosa
Foley
Mireia Juárez
Casting
Elena Alcolea
Post Production Supervisor
Paul Laverty
Screenplay
Sergi Gallardo
Director of Photography
Ángela Nahum
Set Decoration
Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Editor
Pilar Benito
Executive Producer
Abraham F. Apresa
Sound Editor
Icíar Bollaín
Director
Juan Gordon
Producer