The man who planted trees (film)

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Movie
German title The man who planted trees
Original title L'homme qui plantait des arbres
Country of production Canada
original language French
Publishing year 1987
length 30 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Frédéric Back
production Frédéric Back
Hubert Tison
music Denis L. Chartrand
Normand Roger
camera Claude Lapierre
Jean Robillard
cut Norbert Pickering
occupation

The man who planted trees is a Canadian animated film from the year 1987 . It is based on the story of the same name by Jean Giono .

action

In 1910, a 22-year-old man went on a hike alone through the barren mountains of Provence (France). While looking for water that he had run out of, he happened upon a 55-year-old shepherd . He gives him something to drink and lets him spend the night in his hut. Curious about what led this man to lead such a lonely life, the young man stayed with him for a few days.

Elzéard Bouffier, the shepherd's name, decided to lead a life of solitude after losing his wife and son. When he realized that the whole area would die for lack of trees , he decided to do something about it and has been sowing trees ever since.

After the First World War , for which the narrator was drafted, he went hiking in the area again out of need for fresh air and met the shepherd again, who continued to pursue his activity of planting trees.

The narrator visits Elzéard Bouffier several times over the years and can experience the growth of the forest and the change in the landscape that goes with it: there is water in the wells again and people return to the formerly abandoned villages.

Bouffier has been planting trees for over four decades, changing his job from shepherd to beekeeper in between , as the sheep endanger his plantations. The forest is also endangered by people who do not know anything about Bouffier's work. But this is too remote for the plantings to be seriously damaged.

background

The tale was filmed as an animation by Canadian director Frédéric Back , which was released in 1987 and won the Oscar for best animated short film in 1988 . He was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. At the international short film festival in Clermont-Ferrand , he won the audience award, as well as another 30 prizes at various film festivals.

The film differs from other cartoons in that its images (as in The Snowman, for example ) are based on colored pencil drawings.

Awards

The man who planted trees received the following awards, among others:

literature

  • Jean Giono: The man who planted trees , in: Federico Hindermann (Ed.): "I'll tell you, beloved trees ...". Texts from world literature . Manesse, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-7175-1672-8 .
  • Jean Giono: The man with the trees , with drawings by Max Hegetschweiler. Flamberg, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-290-11949-1 .
  • Jerry Beck (Ed.): The 50 Greatest Cartoons. As Selected by 1000 Animation Professionals . JG Press / Layla, North Dighton 1998, ISBN 1-57215-271-0 .

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