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L’arbre et la forêt | Family Tree by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
FRA 2010, Panorama
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L’arbre et la forêt | Family Tree by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
FRA 2010, Panorama
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Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
L’arbre et la forêt | Family Tree by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
FRA 2010, Panorama
Frédérick runs a tree nursery. For sixty years this elderly man has not only cultivated seeds and seedlings but also harbours a secret. His wife and his eldest son are the only ones who know the truth.
But then, Frédérick’s son dies; the relationship between father and son was not always free of conflict and because of this Frédérick decides to open up to others close to him and admit something he couldn’t bring himself to mention before.
When Frédérick was twenty, France was occupied by Germany. At the time, Frédérick was deported to Schirmeck, a Nazi concentration camp in Vogesen – on account of his homosexuality.
After the end of the Second World War, Frédérick married and started a family. Frédérick, a man who had escaped horror, certain death and extermination on a massive scale, began his life anew.
His new life made him hope that he would never again have to come into contact with that which lay behind him and should be forgotten …
But then, Frédérick’s son dies; the relationship between father and son was not always free of conflict and because of this Frédérick decides to open up to others close to him and admit something he couldn’t bring himself to mention before.
When Frédérick was twenty, France was occupied by Germany. At the time, Frédérick was deported to Schirmeck, a Nazi concentration camp in Vogesen – on account of his homosexuality.
After the end of the Second World War, Frédérick married and started a family. Frédérick, a man who had escaped horror, certain death and extermination on a massive scale, began his life anew.
His new life made him hope that he would never again have to come into contact with that which lay behind him and should be forgotten …
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Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Guy Marchand
The two directors and the leading actor during Q&A after the screening.
L’arbre et la forêt · Panorama · Feb 16, 2010
Kristina Larsen (Producer), Gilles Sandoz (Producer), Guy Marchand (Actor), Jacques Martineau (Director), Olivier Ducastel (Director)
L’arbre et la forêt | Family Tree
Panorama · Press Conference · Feb 16, 2010