A dramatic and highly sensitive film from the French Jean-Christophe Dessaint.
In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father leas a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and admiring his father, with the ghosts haunting the forest as his only companions.
Until the day he discovers the neighbouring village and meets a young girl there, Manon. At her side, he discovers that love exists. From then on he won't cease to search for the place where his father's love for him is hiding.
Credits:
Director: Jean-Christophe Dessaint
Production: Finalement Productions
Executive producer: Marc Jousset
Script: Jean-François Beauchemin, Amandine Taffin
Cinematography: Patrice Suau
Voice acting: Jean Reno, Lorànt Deutsch, Isabelle Carré, Claude Chabrol
With the support of the French Institute of Greece.