The Shyness of Trees
Synopsis
Forty-year-old Hélène visits her elderly mother who lives deep in the French countryside. But her mother is behaving unusually. The old woman seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree that stands at the bottom of her garden.
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Directors (7)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Gobelins - L'École de l'Image
- Film exports/foreign sales : Miyu Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriters : Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D'Agentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu
- Music Composer : Jérémy Ben Ammar
- Sound recordists : Clément Naline, Jean-Baptiste Saint Pol
- Voice : Frédérique Cantrel, Nahla Attali
- Animation : Bingqing Shu, Simin He, Loïck du Plessis D'Agentré, Sofiia Chuikovska, Jiaxin Huang
- Grader : David Chantoiseau
- Sound Mixer : Jérémy Ben Ammar
- Storyboard artists : Simin He, Loïck du Plessis D'Agentré
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 8 min 56 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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