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  • 2007
  • PG
  • GreeneStreet Films International
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • GreeneStreet Films International
  • 1 h 36 m
The Willow Tree

Summary Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university career, but his affliction fills him with secret torment. As if in answer to his prayers, a Paris clinic restores his sight - a miracle that is double-edged. Although this new world of sight and color floods Youssef with ecstasy, it also plun...

Directed By: Majid Majidi

Written By: Fouad Nahas, Nasser Hashemzadeh, Majid Majidi

  • 2007
  • PG
  • GreeneStreet Films International
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • GreeneStreet Films International
  • 1 h 36 m

The Willow Tree

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university career, but his affliction fills him with secret torment. As if in answer to his prayers, a Paris clinic restores his sight - a miracle that is double-edged. Although this new world of sight and color floods Youssef with ecstasy, it also plun...

Directed By: Majid Majidi

Written By: Fouad Nahas, Nasser Hashemzadeh, Majid Majidi

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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There's very little explicit exposition here; instead, Majidi presents us with a series of glistening tone poems.
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Majid Majidi's exquisite film The Willow Tree"is likely to make a very brief stop in theaters en route to home video, so catch it when and if you can.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
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Although The Willow Tree occasionally suffers from a surfeit of portentous symbolism, it is ultimately a powerful portrait of a man who gets what he always wanted.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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The Iranian director Majid Majidi’s sad, soulful film The Willow Tree is his second movie to explore blindness and sight on multiple levels.
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Production Company Majid Majidi Film Production (I) (II), Soureh
Release Date Aug 3, 2007
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG
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Website https://www.imvbox.com/watch-persian-movie-iranian-movies/willow-tree-bid-majnoon
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Awards

Hafez Ceremony
• 2 Nominations
Fajr Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fajr International Film Festival (FIff)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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