The Tree of Blood (Spanish: El árbol de la sangre) is a 2018 Spanish drama film directed by Julio Medem and written by Julio Medem and Scott Page-Pagter.

Magda (Penélope Cruz) is an unemployed teacher. She is diagnosed with breast cancer and battles the disease. This creates unexpected bonds with people close to her.

It's time to leave home, but Leonor doesn't know whether to go or stay. She is not capable of leaving her mother alone.

Alma is a 20-year-old girl and adores her grandfather, a man who has not spoken for years.

In 1987, Miguel, an old and bitter journalist, agrees to meet with Ángela, an idealistic young journalism student, for an interview at a local restaurant.

Ane (played by Nagore Aranburu) is a woman in her early forties who does not feel fulfilled.

Don Rodrigo, Count of Albrit, an old Spanish aristocrat, returns to turn-of-the-20th-century Spain after losing his fortune in America.

Barcelona (Catalonia's capital; north-east to Spain).

Luis, an unmarried, middle-aged, Barcelona businessman, carries out his mother's dying wish to be buried in the family crypt in Segovia.

The film opens with pub landlord and frequent holidaymaker Vic Flange (Sid James) openly flirting with the sassy saucepot widow Sadie Tompkins (Barbara Windsor) as his battleaxe wife, Cora (Joan Sims), looks on with disdain.