The Man Who Planted Trees (movie)

The Man Who Planted Trees
Directed byFrédéric Back
Written byJean Roberts
Based onThe Man Who Planted Trees
by Jean Giono
Produced byFrédéric Back
Hubert Tison
Narrated byPhilippe Noiret
Christopher Plummer
Edited byNorbert Pickering
Music byNormand Roger
Production
companies
Release date
  • May 1987 (1987-05)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesFrench
English

The Man Who Planted Trees (French: L'homme qui plantait des arbres) is a 1987 Canadian short animated movie directed by Frédéric Back. It is based on Jean Giono's 1953 short story The Man Who Planted Trees.

The movie was 30 minutes and had a French and English version. The movie was narrated by actors Philippe Noiret in French and Christopher Plummer in English.

The movie won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1988.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)" – via www.filmaffinity.com.
  2. ↑ "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 16 October 2011.