El Olivo – Der Olivenbaum

In the organizer's words:

Rebellious Alma is in her early 20s and lives with her family on a Spanish farm. All her love is for her grandfather, who no longer speaks since the family sold the ancient olive tree against his will years ago. One day, Alma sets out to bring the olive tree back home in order to fulfill her grandfather's greatest wish. But the tree has long since been potted up in the atrium of a Düsseldorf energy company as a symbol of sustainability.

Director: Icíar Bollaín, Spain 2016
Language: German, Duration: 100 min.
With Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, María Romero

Event as part of the "Baumschule Kulturforum" - a project of the St. Matthäus Stiftung and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. The project is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cooperation and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.