The Tree of Blood

Oct 31, 2018

2h 10m

★ 6.4

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Arcadia Motion Pictures

Galatea Films

Diamond Films España

Aixerrota Films

Noodles Production

SCOPE Pictures

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Cast

Marc

Álvaro Cervantes

Rebeca

Úrsula Corberó

Macarena

Najwa Nimri

Amaia

Patricia López Arnaiz

Víctor

Daniel Grao

Olmo

Joaquín Furriel

Nuria

María Molins

Pío

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Candela

Luisa Gavasa

Jacinto

Josep Maria Pou

Julieta

Ángela Molina

Nuria joven

Lucía Delgado

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