'The Olive Tree' trivia and fun facts

Actress director

Director Icíar Bollaín has also worked as an actress in other films such as 'El Sur'.

The film has sequences filmed in Düsseldorf and Colonia.

They visited dozens of olive trees to select the final tree.

The screenwriter Paul Laverty found inspiration in an article he read in a newspaper.

The casting process to find the protagonist actress lasted months.