

The Shyness of Trees
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...
Keywords
countryside
garden
nature
death
dying mother
dying woman
metaphor
mother daughter relationship
plants
human in nature
animation
trees
sounds of nature
oak tree
aging woman
Reviews(1)
7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967January 18, 2026
7
7/10
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 untypica…
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