DVD : The man who planted trees (L’homme qui plantait des arbres)

a film by Frédéric BACK (Canada - 1987)
From a novel by Jean GIONO
Narrator : Philippe NOIRET

Frédéric BACK’s masterpiece, Oscar in 1987.

Oscar 1987 Best Animation Film
1rst Price Annecy’s Festival 1987

 More than 40 prices in the whole world !

In this desert area in Haute-Provence, a traveller was mislaid...
He meets a quiet shepherd, Elzéar Bouffier, which offers hospitality to him. Elzéar is habited of a strange serenity. This peace, the shepherd owes it with this task which it assigned and which nothing seems to be able to stop : to plant trees on heights where nothing grows since decades...

 

Extract :

+ BONUS DVD

• Interviews televised with Frederic BACK
• Interviews televised with Jean GIONO
• Interviews televised with Hubert TISON
• Frédéric BACK’s biography
• Portrait of Frédéric BACK
• Festivals & Prices
• Photos gallery

Born on April 8, 1924 in Saarbrucken (Germany), died on December 2013 in Montreal (Canada).
He lives and studies in Strasbourg, Rennes and Paris, before being established definitively in Montreal (Canada) in 1946.
Teacher, illustrator, model maker, decorator, it collaborates regularly in educational, scientific and musical emissions.
He has perpetuated for more than thirty years the fame of the section animation of Radio Canada...

learn more on the web >>> Frédéric Back’s official website >