The Man Who Planted Trees (film)
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Director Frederic Back Music director Normand Roger Duration Language French/English | 8.6/10 IMDb Genre Animation, Short, Drama Screenplay Jean Roberts Country Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 1987 (1987-05) Based on The Man Who Planted Trees
by Jean Giono Writer Jean Giono (story), Jean Roberts (translator: English version) Cast Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer Similar movies DragonHeart , Defiance , Feast , Paths of Glory , Mary and Gretel , Get a Horse! Tagline The story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Man Who Planted Trees (French: L'homme qui plantait des arbres) is a 1987 Canadian short animated film directed by Frédéric Back. It is based on Jean Giono's short story The Man Who Planted Trees. This 30-minute film was distributed in two versions, French and English, narrated respectively by actors Philippe Noiret and Christopher Plummer, and produced by Radio-Canada.
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It is available on a Region 1 DVD, either on its own or with other animated films directed by Frédéric Back.
The man who planted trees
Awards
The film won the Academy Award (1988) for Best Animated Short Film. It also competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1994 it was voted number 44 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
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