The Willow Tree
Drama
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2005
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Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
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Details
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
11 Aug 2005
Country:
IR
Languages:
Persian (Farsi)
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
This is powerful stuff.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
25 Jan 2008
fresh:
Majidi infuses his simple yet eloquent tale with stunning imagery designed to make us relate to Youssef's reawakening.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
10 Sep 2007
fresh:
A perfectly worked out story and a marvelous new step forward for Iranian director Majid Majidi. It is also, in some ways, yet another step forward for his country's cinema, a national art that grows more accomplished every year.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
3 Aug 2007
fresh:
Explicitly religious, intensely poetic meditations, filled with recurrent symbols and suffused with a spirit of divine apprehension. [It is] sad beyond measure.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
3 Aug 2007
fresh:
A beautiful, strange film, deeply moving and no surprise from [director] Majidi.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
2 Aug 2007