The Shyness of Trees
★ 7 · 2025 · 9m · Animation · Fantasy
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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