THE SHYNESS OF TREES

Directed by Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck Du Plessis D'Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu · Starring Nahla Attali, Frédérique Cantrel · 2024

Visiting her aging mother in the French countryside, Hélène finds her forming a strange bond with the plants, insects and old oak tree in her garden.

A tender, gently uncanny look at an aging parent drifting toward the natural world.

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 en

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