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The Plant

1983 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: La Plante (French)

Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis

This film has much to say about kindness. It is a fantasy about a man who discovers a small plant hidden under the snow and takes it inside his house. The little plant responds to his loving care with rather startling enthusiasm.

Characters

Man, Plant

Credits

Directing

Director
Thomas Vamos, Joyce Borenstein

Producing

Producer
Hélène Verrier
Executive Producer
Jacques Bobet

Voices

Voice
Ghyslain Tremblay

Animation

Animator
Joyce Borenstein

Camera

Camera
Thomas Vamos

Editing

Editor
Suzanne Allard
Sound Editing
Alain Sauvé, Michel Motard

Production notes

Combined live action and animation.

Film without words.

Awards

Honorable Mention, Animated Film, International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden, 1984