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The Willow Tree

2005 · 1h 36m · N/A Drama
Directed by Majid Majidi

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Overview

Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?

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88%
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Fresh

This is powerful stuff.

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Fresh

Majidi infuses his simple yet eloquent tale with stunning imagery designed to make us relate to Youssef's reawakening.

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

A perfectly worked out story and a marvelous new step forward for Iranian director Majid Majidi. It is also, in some ways, yet another step forward for his country's cinema, a national art that grows more accomplished every year.

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh

Explicitly religious, intensely poetic meditations, filled with recurrent symbols and suffused with a spirit of divine apprehension. [It is] sad beyond measure.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

A beautiful, strange film, deeply moving and no surprise from [director] Majidi.

John Anderson, Newsday

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