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...
Directed by Sofia Chuikovska and Loick du Plessis D'Argentre and Lina Han and Simin He and Jiaxin Huang and Maud Le Bras and Bingqing Shu
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
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Popular Reviews
29 reviews
Odditiest
10.0★ · 05/16/26
art.
art.
Borgchivez
10.0★ · 04/28/26
Watched for a class assignment. My god what an incredible short.
Watched for a class assignment. My god what an incredible short.
Michael Podemski
8.0★ · 03/12/26
Manages to say so much in only nine minutes.
Manages to say so much in only nine minutes.
Harris
9.0★ · 02/17/26
*"Goodbye, mom." *The words cut deeper than I expected.
*"Goodbye, mom." *The words cut deeper than I expected.
Jackson HamilPRO
8.0★ · 02/15/26
they didn’t have do her THAT dirty with her side profile
they didn’t have do her THAT dirty with her side profile
