Customer Reviews

The Christmas Tree aka When Wolves Cry [VHS]

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I first saw this movie as a young boy in 1978 and was particularly moved by the story. The movie portrays a wealthy father, successful in business, whose son is tragically taken ill after a military plane explodes overhead whilst they are on holiday. The father is underwater at the time and is not affected. However, the plane appears to have been carrying some nuclear device whose fallout affects the boy.

The story then shows a major re-alignment of the father's priorities as he discovers that all of his contacts and money actually mean much less to him than his son's well being.

Set primarily in France and with the aid of some strong supporting roles, the film cannot fail to touch the heart.

This movie was touching, funny, uplifting and heartwrenching. A true tear-jerker with a capital T. The acting was brilliant and realistic.

I AM SO GLAD THAT I FINALLY BOUGHT A COMPUTER. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A COPY OF THIS MOVIE FOR YEARS. IT IS A LOVELY 4 HANKIE TEARJERKER WITH A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE (ONE THAT YOU WILL FIND OUT WHEN YOU WATCH IT).
I BOUGHT MULTIPLE COPIES TO GIVE TO MY FRIENDS. ALSO RECOMMENDED IS THE MOVIE BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON (ABOUT SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, PROTECTOR OF ANIMALS).

I hazily remembered watching this movie on TV around Christmas time when I was in Jr. High or High School. No one I ever talked to about it ever seemed to remember it so I thought maybe I disremembered it. But here it is just as I recalled. I wish like heck that some network would broadcast it again.

What a fabulous movie....I saw it as a child and it has burnt a fond memory within my memory. The story of a rich Father trying to make a mends with his estranged son and whilst doing so finds out that his son has less then a year to live. Fearing that he has missed out on the boys life he starts to spoil the boy with outlandish gifts. One of the gifts was a pair of wollves stolen from a zoo in france. The wolves adopt the boy as one of the pack and the story develops.....be warned....its a tear jerker. The only complaint is that the movie being old has a few cracks in the sound and picture quality. Certainly worth buying though.