The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)

Movie Details

Original Title L'homme qui plantait des arbres

Original Language FR

Status Released

Popularity 0.3

Cast

Philippe Noiret

Narrator (voice)

Popularity: 0.8

Key Crew

Director Frédéric Back

Writer Jean Giono

Music Normand Roger, Denis L. Chartrand

Producer Frédéric Back

Production

Société Radio-Canada

CBC

ONF | NFB

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Posters

Keywords

shepherd france world war i village world war ii forest widower deforestation reforestation 1940s 1930s

Reviews from TMDB

Dej 10/10

Dec 28, 2017

**Classics are created from works of art that speak to everyone through all times; they exhibit beauty, depth, acute insight, truth, inspiration. They often reveal new techniques or groundbreaking achievements. This animated short fulfills all of those characteristics and more. It has my vote for th ... Read more

CinemaSerf 8/10

Jun 19, 2025

This is a gorgeously drawn animation that serves as a sort of pilgrimage for a wanderer who, lost high in the foothills of the Alps without any water, encountered a lonely shepherd - Elzéard Bouffier who tended around thirty sheep and together with his dog lived an ordered life of solitude. Returni ... Read more