The Dead Tree (1999)
- Original title
- L'arbre mort
- Directed by
- Vincent Gauthier
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In a world where vampire bats avoid a dead tree full of plague victims, two bats break a sacred rule about purifying their blood with fire. The film is an allegory about the AIDS crisis and the stigma around it.
somberallegoricalmeditativemelancholicdarkly poeticcautionaryatmosphericserious
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