Short film
Fire in the Depths of the Tree
1978 · 26 min
A quiet, gentle short about a lonely boy finding connection, told with patient warmth and a touch of melancholy.
- Directed by
- Yuri Ivanchuk
- Genres
- Family, Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Tanel Layen
- Overview
- Twelve-year-old Zhenya is withdrawn and unsociable, even though he grows up in a prosperous family where he is showered with attention and bought expensive toys. He loves to tinker. But no one shares his hobby, and he has no friends. A chance encounter with an elderly man changes Zhenya's life.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, friendship, coming-of-age, family
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Yuri Ivanchuk
- Genres
- Family, Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Tanel Layen