Movie
The Willow Tree
1984 · 90 min
Quiet, patient observation of a solitary old man's routine, slowly unsettled by a single act of violence.
- Directed by
- Sohrab Shahid-Saless
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Josef A. Stehlík, Peter Staník, Milan Drotár
- Overview
- An elderly man lives a solitary and rhythmic life by a dilapidated mill near a river. His days are spent almost entirely in silence, fishing under the shade of a massive, ancient willow tree that seems as old and weathered as he is. One Sunday, while fishing, he witnesses a murder.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, dark and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Isolation, loneliness, death, aging
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Sohrab Shahid-Saless
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Josef A. Stehlík, Peter Staník, Milan Drotár