7.1
A Ghost Story
2017
The Shyness of Trees (2025)
October 19, 20259mFR
7.0
2 votes
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...
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Sofia ChuikovskaWriters
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Released
Original Language
French
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Gobelins
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7.0I’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 behaviour. A distance, a reticence even, as if she is focussing on something else. On somewhere else. There are clues to the reason for her apparent distraction as she seems to be able to commune with the hug…
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