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A Patriot of These Woods is a film that is inspired by the novel The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino. Calvino's book tells the adventures of a boy who climbs up a tree to spend the rest of his life inhabiting an arboreal kingdom. The filmmaker casts himself in the role of the protagonist by applying his 'phytography' technique. He dives into the vegetal world, undertaking his own journey into the trees around him using his body as a metaphorical soldier who defends the trees and plants that grow around him. An otherwise concealed world opens up, revealing the symbiotic relationship between humans and plants. A hybrid creature emerges, partially plant, partially human, their bodies merged, their thought processes entangled. These woods respect no borders. |
