Christopher Plummer narrates this animated short of a young man who takes a walk into the French Alps. In 1913, he finds a desolate land. Water is scarce and the villages are barren. The poverty stricken villagers had cleared the land to produce charcoal. He encounters shepherd Elzéard Bouffier who hand selected acorns and planted them in the barren landscape. He would return after the Great War to find a forest had grown where none existed. People assumed the forest grew up naturally while Bouffier toiled in obscurity.
The hand drawn style animation gives a natural fable feel. It has such a gentle touch. It really tugs at the heartstrings. The beautiful aspect of the story is the dignity and the unassuming nature of the man. It is so well told that it has the feel of a true story.
The hand drawn style animation gives a natural fable feel. It has such a gentle touch. It really tugs at the heartstrings. The beautiful aspect of the story is the dignity and the unassuming nature of the man. It is so well told that it has the feel of a true story.