The Shyness of Trees
AnimationFantasy
7/10
|FR
|fr
|9 min
Release Date: 2025-10-19
Overview - Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the French countryside. But her mother isn't being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden...
Production Companies
Gobelins
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CinemaSerf
7/10
I’m not so sure the English language title does this any favours, but it’s still a very touching look at age and grief, all wrapped up in the tale of “Hélène” who goes to visit her ailing mother at her countryside home. Her arrival gives her cause for concern as the garden and the houde are untypically unkempt. Then when she starts to chat with her mum she notices a distinct change in her behaviou...
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