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19/10/2025 Animation, Fantasy 0h 9m
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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...

  1. Sofia Chuikovska

    Director, Writer

  2. Loick du Plessis D'Argentre

    Director, Writer

  3. Lina Han

    Director, Writer

  4. Simin He

    Director, Writer

  5. Jiaxin Huang

    Director, Writer

  6. Maud Le Bras

    Director, Writer

  7. Bingqing Shu

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Frédérique Cantrel

    Hélène's Mother

  2. Nahla Attali

    Hélène

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-18
I’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 wi...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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