THE TREE TUNER

LA AFINADORA DE ÁRBOLES

By Natalia SMIRNOFF

TAREA FINA SRL - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2019

Clara receives the global award for children's literature. She moves with her family to the countryside, close to where she was born. There she finds her old boyfriend Ariel and his brother Carlos, friends from her childhood. A reevaluation of herself and her life becomes unavoidable.

    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA, MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 101 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Natalia SMIRNOFF
    • Writer(s)
    • Natalia SMIRNOFF
    • Producer(s)
    • Juan Pablo MILLER (Tarea Fina)
    • Synopsis
    • Clara (38) is an Illustrator and writer of children’s book, that has a lot of recognition for her lovely work. She is selected to receive the most important international award in children literature, her life become a little bit intense… she lost the north. That’s why she decided to move to her hometown with her family, Francisco (42), Violeta (14) and Lisandro (11).
      In the town Clara is reunited with Ariel (39) her first boyfriend and with Carlos, Ariel’s brother, a priest that´s running a soup kitchen where a lot of children’s go daily.
      Without really knowing why, she began to collaborate with Carlos in the kitchen. These meeting makes Clara discover her new book. She shares with the children and her sons the creation of the new book. “The tree tuners”.
      The relationship with her husband must survive these changes in Clara that don’t occur in Francisco in the same way, who doesn’t understand well what is happening or feels part.
      The relationship with her husband must survive to these changes that Clara are transiting, changes that don´t occur in the same way in Francisco, who also doesn't understand well what is happening and doesn't feels part of it.