The Dead Tree

Overview

Every night, when the vampire bats fly off in search of nourishment, they avoid the dead tree where victims of the Great Sickness are left to die. Since the advent of this life-threatening disease, the bats pay strict attention to a new law: their nightly harvest of blood must be purified by fire. Beware those who break this law, like Desmine and Modus, careless... This animated film evokes the AIDS crisis. It pleads for tolerance, calls for prevention, and denounces the stigma attached to victims of this end-of-millenium scourge.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 25, 1999

Original language

English

Countries

Canada

Production

ONF,NFB

Director

Vincent Gauthier

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0303672