In The Fruit Tree a young woman, Sharleece, wanders through a house that is available to rent in the sleepy desert town where she lives, California City. Looking out of the window evokes unexpected memories of her childhood home in Los Angeles.
The Fruit Tree
A film by
“The Fruit Tree is a film on desire, which coherently makes use of ellipses and opens up a cinematic space between the images and the sounds”
“The Fruit Tree is a film on desire, which coherently makes use of ellipses and opens up a cinematic space between the images and the sounds”
Isabelle Tollenaere
Biography
Isabelle Tollenaere is an independent filmmaker/artist from Belgium, her work playfully moving between the codes and conventions of documentary and fiction, film and contemporary art. Her films have been widely presented and awarded, ao at the Berlinale Forum, IFFR, Centre Pompidou, Viennale, Visions Du Reel, FID Marseille, IDFA, CPH:DOX, etc.
Filmography
- VICTORIA / Isabelle Tollenaere, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Sofie Benoot / 2020/ 71min. / documentary
- THE REMEMBERED FILM / Isabelle Tollenaere / 2018/ 18min. / documentary
- BATTLES / Isabelle Tollenaere / 2015 / 88min. / documentary
- VIVA PARADIS / Isabelle Tollenaere / 2011 / 17min. / documentary
