2002 · fantasy · adventure · drama
A Tree of Palme
Directed by Takashi Nakamura2h 16m2002
A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.
Our read: A Tree of Palme (2002) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal fantasy · adventure · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured fantasy / adventure, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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