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Film · 2018

The Tree of Blood

Original titleEl árbol de la sangre

Directed by Julio Medem · starring Álvaro Cervantes, Úrsula Corberó and Patricia López Arnaiz

  • 2 h 14 min
  • Drama · Mystery
  • Spain
  • 6.3 AverageMovieNCo
  • 5.5 Users6 votes
  • 7.2 Critics6 reviews
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Synopsis

Álvaro Cervantes and Úrsula Corberó performs to the roles of Marc and Rebeca, a couple about twenty that decide to travel to Basque Country for are some days. When they are here, they host in a ancient abandoned hamlet that, in the past, had belonged to a members of their family. Making use of the mystery and the familiar tragedies, both of two guys get create to a family tree for explain the history of his ancients. The sex, love, infidelities, lies and insanities will are present in each one of the branch of that tree. In this way, the mythical films director Julio Medem creates again a drama full of feelings and with a casting starring by well-known leading figures inside of the national cinema.

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The essentials

Runtime
134 min2 hours and 14 minutes
How long is The Tree of Blood?
2 hours and 14 minutes (134 minutes).
Who directed The Tree of Blood?
Julio Medem.
Who is in The Tree of Blood?
It stars Álvaro Cervantes, Úrsula Corberó, Patricia López Arnaiz and Joaquín Furriel.
Where can I watch The Tree of Blood?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Netflix.
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Cast

Full cast (24)
Director
Julio Medem
Writers
Julio Medem
Producers
Geneviève Lemal

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'El árbol de la sangre' Spanish Trailer 1:474 October 2018

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Reviews

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What the critics say average 7.2 from 6 outlets

  • 8.5 CinemaníaSergio Pinilla Metaphorical and overflowing, like most of his filmography [...] 'The Tree of Blood' delves into the atavism, miscegenation and cruelty of present society. Read
  • 8.0 El PaísJordi Costa Medem closes a tentative stage, in search of a reformulation of himself that he did not find, to propose the bold declaration of principles of those who are willing to go beyond the excess of… Read
  • 6.5 ABCOti Rodríguez Marchante What he relates here could be, in other hands, conventional, artificial, false, but not in his: a story of electrified loves, stormy relationships, past poisonous and volcanic sex [...] They are… Read

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Trivia

  • Regular cast and new faces

    For 'The Tree of Blood', Julio Médem returns to direct Najwa Nimri, one of the usual faces in his filmography, but will, above all, with actors who had never worked as Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Cervantes or Daniel Grao .

  • Back to his homeland

    Julio Médem returns to his homeland after settling most of his films in other parts of Spain or in a foreign countries. From the documentary 'La pelota vasca. The skin against the stone ', Médem had not set any of his films in the Basque Country, at least as the main stage.

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