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This is powerful stuff.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
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The Willow Tree
Overview
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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88%
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Fresh
Majidi infuses his simple yet eloquent tale with stunning imagery designed to make us relate to Youssef's reawakening.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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
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
Fresh
A beautiful, strange film, deeply moving and no surprise from [director] Majidi.
John Anderson, Newsday
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