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The Tree of Blood

2018 · 130 min

A dense, brooding puzzle of tangled family history that asks you to piece together secrets across generations.

Directed by: Julio Medem
Genres: Drama
Starring: Álvaro Cervantes, Úrsula Corberó, Najwa Nimri

Tagline: No secret remains hidden forever
Overview: Marc and Rebeca, a young couple, travel to an old country house that used to belong to their family. Once there, they write the shared history of their roots, creating a huge family tree that harbours relationships of love, heartbreak, sex, madness, jealousy and infidelity, and under which also lies a history laden with secrets.

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Directed by: Julio Medem
Genres: Drama
Starring: Álvaro Cervantes, Úrsula Corberó, Najwa Nimri

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
memory
identity
betrayal
obsession
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Julio Medem
Written by: Julio Medem
Starring: Álvaro Cervantes, Úrsula Corberó, Najwa Nimri, Patricia López Arnaiz, Daniel Grao, Joaquín Furriel, María Molins, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Music: Lucas Vidal
Cinematography: Kiko de la Rica
Runtime: 130 min
Country: Belgium, France, Spain
Languages: Basque, Catalan, Spanish, Italian

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