Today’s video is The Tree Man (2009), written and directed by Navin Dev, which is an interstitial adaptation of Pinocchio. Here’s the official description:
Set between Chapters 15 and 16 of Carlo Collodi’s classic novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Tree Man depicts Pinocchio’s seemingly final minutes as he hangs from a tree. As he slowly dies, the wooden marionette spiritually journeys into an inferno of fear, guilt and hope through his encounters with key symbolic characters such as the Maiden with Azure Hair and the ghost of the Talking Cricket. As he falls deeper into darkness he learns the crucial dangers and virtues of the mortality he seeks.
Winner of Jury Award for Best Short Film at Puppets on Film Festival 2011 (UK).
Next week, Dev’s short-film adaptation of “Little Red Riding Hood”!
