Afarin Obeisi, Ahmad Gavaheri, Dawlat Asadi
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 r...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2008
Stats: 141 reviews
The Willow tree can be described as a companion piece to Majidi's, Color of Paradise, where the father saw his blind son as a burden and not as a blessing. Here, the characters of the father and the son are embodied in a single person: Yusef. Who after 38 years of being blind reg...( read more)
There's more than meets the eye in this gem from Iran. A fascinating story that is executed both beautifully and brilliantly. Parviz Parastui gives an emotionally charged, yet subtle and masterful performance, which polishes this film. Like "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", ...( read more)
It shows that there is a rule that some people do not have all needed feeling, that this man here after an operation in his eyes start seeing everything and forget his wife and get in love with a young girl, mean while not ling later again his eyes become blind and ...
Very nice performances. Sad tale of one man blind since he was a boy, who is now an English professor and is seemingly happily married with a lovely little girl. One day when his sight is suddenly restored his perception of his life changes, and not for the better. Seeing with...( read more)
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