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Mr. Tree

2011 · 88 min

A wry, offbeat rural fable that blurs madness and insight, leaving you amused and unsettled in equal measure.

Directed by
Han Jie
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wang Baoqiang, Tan Zhuo, He Jie
Overview
Teased by hallucinations, Shu, a slacker living in a rural village, struggles with an ever-loosening grip on reality. Yet when one of his visions manifests as real, his fellow villagers come to regard him as a clairvoyant. Can Shu genuinely see into the future? Is he actually just a basket case? Or is he perhaps more lucid than he seems, and pulling a fast one on everyone?

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Directed by
Han Jie
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wang Baoqiang, Tan Zhuo, He Jie
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • identity
  • isolation
  • deception
  • faith
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Han Jie
Written by
Han Jie
Starring
Wang Baoqiang, Tan Zhuo, He Jie, Li Jingyi, Bai Peijiang, Wang Dazhi, Liu Bo, Wang Yabin
Cinematography
Lai Yiu-Fai
Runtime
88 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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