DVD Mini Review - The Willow Tree

Majid Majidi's The Willow Tree is a wonderful film from Iran. It is about Youssef, who is a university professor. Youssef has been blind since he was a child. But that does not stop him from leading a full life. In addition to his job he has a loving wife Roya (Roya Taymourian) and daughter. And he also has many other supportive family members and friends.

But Youssef has another problem that might be more serious. So he is sent to Paris to find out what can be done. Luckily for him the problem is benign. And in Paris he has a cornea transplant that restores his sight. Naturally he is elated. But when he gets back to Iran things change. He always imagined things to be a certain way but they aren't as he pictured them. And this creates many problems for him. You wonder if he was better off blind.

I saw this film on DVD and highly recommend it. And, yes, you will find out the significance of The Willow Tree.