Director
Michel Seydoux, Laurent Charbonnier
Run Time
80 mins
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
France
Language
No dialogue
Produced by: Michel Seydoux
Music: Cyrille Aufort
Screenplay by: Michel Seydoux, Michel Fessler
UK PREMIERE
Heart of Oak (Le Chêne)
Part of the The Chamber Strand
Body
Suitable for all ages, this wordless nature documentary showcases the spectacular forest ecosystem supported by a majestic, 210-year-old French oak tree. Dispensing with voiceover, the film instead fuses innovative camerawork with environmental sounds and a vibrant score to immerse the viewer in diverse life stories from root to branch. Its cast of characters includes ants, acorn weevils, field mice, squirrels, Eurasian jays and tawny owls. The result is a mesmerising kaleidoscope of arboreal adventure, as entertaining as it is educational. [U]