A Hand Sewn Star

A hushed, sunlit idyll that slowly turns strange and sorrowful, leaving a quiet ache behind.

Directed by

Rebecca Wengrow

Genres

Drama

Starring

Sophie-Charlotte Husson, Zohar Wexler

Overview

This minimalist French retro-drama shows a beautiful summer day that one family spends in a sunlit park. The children play, the father hums a nursery rhyme to his daughter, the mother sews something on everyone's clothes. When the mother finishes sewing, everyone puts on their clothes, and the tree looks away, the child runs to the tree one last time, but everything is different.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, memory, grief, parenthood

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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