It's an amazing journey towards the country of ancestors. Both troubled spouses Rebecca and Mark decided to go into a new experience in their lives to return to the history of their ancestors. The story began as they traveled to the home of the grandparents of Rebecca in the Basque Country (northern Spain) to write the story of their parents, whose story is about 25 years old. Rebecca and Mark may discover more of the more valuable ones.
The Tree Of Blood is 138 minutes long, but doesn't drag. As involved as you'll get in the story, though, it takes a bit of mental energy to put all the pieces together.
Medem closes a tentative stage, in search of a reformulation of himself that he did not find, to propose the bold declaration of principles of those who are willing to go beyond the excess of Caótica Ana. [Full Review in Spanish]
The footage is in fact full of leitmotifs, already present in [director Julio] Medem's previous films... but here they are not so well linked to the main plot. [Full review in Spanish]
"The Tree of Blood" is always lovely to look at, but, at times, it's like wandering into somebody else's family reunion, where strangers are arguing intensely about people you've never met.