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The Olive Tree (film)

Oldtree · 2017-02-13 15:42:46

I watched this film last night and it a good story about an old olive tree (subtitled). Some of the scenes of Olive groves are gorgeous. The film highlights a current issue in Spain. One scene though, made me catch my breath, don't look at the spoiler if you intend to watch the film.…

13-02-2017 3:42pm

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I watched this film last night and it a good story about an old olive tree (subtitled). Some of the scenes of Olive groves are gorgeous. The film highlights a current issue in Spain.

One scene though, made me catch my breath, don't look at the spoiler if you intend to watch the film.
When the 2,000 year old olive tree is being cut back very harshly for easy removal after being sold. Really shook me. Its got to be the wrong thing to do on so many levels, but money rules.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3655972/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

Here's a recent newspaper article about the issue.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/31/spain-ancient-olive-trees-threat-garden-ornaments

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