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The Chestnut Tree (2007)

The Chestnut Tree poster
Directed by
Hyun Min Lee
Genre
animation
Country
United States of America
Runtime
4 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A little girl and her mother recall past moments together while sitting under a chestnut tree. The film is a hand-drawn short animation.

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What happens

The Chestnut Tree is a short film which made its debut at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and then showed in the Austin Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival. It is a 2-D hand-drawn short film about a little girl and her mother that revisit memories under the chestnut tree. It is animated by Hyun-min Lee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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