The Shyness of Trees

The Shyness of Trees

The Shyness of Trees

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The Shyness of Trees

2025

0h 9m

7.0(2 votes)

Animation

Fantasy

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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Gobelins

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2 featured cast members

Starring

Frédérique Cantrel

Hélène's Mother

Nahla Attali

Hélène

Creative team

Directed by: Sofia Chuikovska
Loick du Plessis D'Argentre
Written by: Loick du Plessis D'Argentre
Lina Han

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