The Tree - Animation Short Film 2018 - GOBELINS

Dans un monde desertique, un vieil homme passe ses journées à recueillir des gouttes d'eau pour étancher la soif d'un arbre mort.

In a world of drought, an old man spends his days collecting drops of water to quench the thirst of a dead tree.

Réalisateur / Director : YANG Han, MALEK Basil
Musique / Soundtrack : BESSET Serge
Année de production / Production year : 2018

Société de distribution : L'Agence du Court Métrage

[DrAliha]

I think the reason his daughter is more grown up than the time she died is because of all the times he watered the tree for her

[DarkRelm]

It doesn’t matter if the stick grew into a tree or not, it was the gesture and love that mattered most

[sohagdas]

To People here saying that it was pointless to water a stick.. It was also pointless to give the girl the water because she had no chance of surviving a fever in a desert. But humans live on hope.

[clockwerkclockwerk]

the old man is good at calculation, imagine precisely predicted where water drops relative to the air

[yuutrancy]

Me: aw this looks cute
*6 minutes later: *uncontrollable sobbing*

[fujosan]

This is... The Most heartbreaking... Yet sweetest short story animation I've ever seen.

10/10.

[b.m.]

Main Character: is happy
Every author ever: What is the worst case scenario I can put them through?

[steria]

i’m not crying, i’m just moisturizing my eyes
it’s a skill

[edwardmirenga]

He reminds me of my Dad. Whatever he loved, he gave everything he had for. God rest his soul in peace....

[fancychipss]

Some Guy in the Desert: *loves his daughter*

Writing Team: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

[popohehe]

This might be me, but I had a feeling that yes- this short film could be perceived as how hard loved ones work to make you happy, and how selfless they can be, but I also had the impression of it being about failure as well. That no matter how hard you work at something, no matter how much soul and blood and sweat you pour into it, if the "soil" isn't furtile, nothing will grow. This can also be applied to the girl. The Father was trying his very best to keep her from dying, but she needs more than just water. Realistically, she needs medicine, food, and a safe place to live. The tree needs more than just water. It needs an environment that's capable of letting things grow. There's how you intend and hope things to be, and what they actually are. The Father's intentions was nothing but good, but his hard work didn't go anywhere. This isn't because he didn't work hard enough, rather that where he was is impossible to work in.

[corbinbarron]

The fact it lasted so long against the storm makes me think the stick was growing roots

[Blindwomyn]

I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING.

[ramd]

This gives me hope, that someday I will see my son again.

[rileymcneill]

I love that, even though we didn’t see the tree grow over the years that the man watered it, the fact that it could withstand the storm meant that it had grown roots that were deep and strong and that is a powerful message

[floopfloop]

This short film is about loss. This short film is about grief. This short film is about how no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you love someone, sometimes you just lose them. Sometimes people just die. But that doesn’t mean that you stop loving them. You keep loving that person, even though they’re dead, and you’ll love them until the day *you* die because life is unjust that way. Some people might say that that’s a depressing message. To those people I say “This message is not for you.”

[VerbenaHA]

This may or may not be the idea behind the animation, but I have a thought. Perhaps the tree in the little girl's afterlife was only growing and blooming *because* the man kept the watering the "tree". It reminds me of the Pixar movie Coco, where as long as we remember someone, they're spirit literally lives on, but this adds a step to it by creating a bigger more beautiful afterlife for the departed by doing little things to remember them by.

[autihungton]

Me: Lol his eyebrows look funny
Me 6 mins later: *NO YOU CRYING*

[hrpang]

You know, what if the stick was where he buried his daughter too?

[eugocatanimations]

This short is really heartbreaking. That's all I wanted to say the short is really good. You guys did a really great job on this.