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The Olive Tree

2016 · 96 min · Director: Icíar Bollaín ★ IMDb 6.8 · 4,046 ratings

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Alma is a young girl with emotional problems and a special relationship with her grandfather Ramón, an old country man who stopped talking about 12 years ago after his son, Alma's father, sold a 2000-years-old olive tree in order to open a restaurant. Dominated by the sadness and the melancholia by the loss of his most beloved tree, Ramon spends his days visiting the place where the olive tree was planted, hoping the day the tree returns. Unable to bear the situation any longer, Alma looking for the olive tree, discovering that it was acquired by a Germany's energy company located in Dusseldorf. Without money or resources, Alma convinces her uncle Alcachofa and her friend Rafa (who has a love interest for her) to go in a truck from Spain to Germany to recover the tree, starting a travel with unexpected consequences for everyone...

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The Olive Tree (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Humor 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

15%Humor
  1. Humor15%
  2. Relief15%
  3. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Sadness
Hope
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %32 %12 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor55 %38 %21 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness58 %46 %34 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension64 %56 %45 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sadness73 %69 %61 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Empathy69 %68 %59 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension61 %55 %41 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Hope61 %48 %30 %49 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Hope60 %40 %18 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Hope59 %41 %20 %43 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Empathy60 %50 %31 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Hope61 %46 %24 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Tension65 %45 %21 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Empathy68 %53 %33 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension71 %57 %44 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Empathy71 %63 %49 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Empathy64 %60 %43 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Tension68 %63 %50 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Sadness75 %71 %63 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Hope72 %68 %57 %62 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

PA
Pep Ambròs

PA
Pep Ambròs

Rafa

MC
Manuel Cucala

Ramón

MÁ
Miguel Ángel Aladrén

Luis

CP
Carme Pla

Vanessa

AI
Ana Isabel Mena

Sole

MR
María Romero

Wiki

PU
Paula Usero

Adelle

JA
Janina Agnes Schröder

Sophie

CB
Cris Blanco

Estrella

PM
Paco Manzanedo

Nelson

IR
Inés Ruiz

Alma 8 años

AR
Aina Requena

Madre de Alma

PS
Pia Stutzenstein

Katrin

HW
Hannah Werth

Marie

PG
Pilar García

Conchita

AM
Alberto Montes

Barman

LJ
Lesley Jennifer Higl

Recepcionista

CG
Cristina García

Mujer del Vivero

Details

Directed by
Icíar Bollaín
Written by
Paul Laverty
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
96 min
Country
Spain, Germany, France, Canada, Belgium
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 4,046 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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