Bittersweet and whimsical, a story in the same vein as those told by Ivor Cutler, or  Jean-Pierre Jeunet  (Amelie, 2001). This ten minute short is, as the title suggests, a tale about a Poet and a Plant.

The Poet and the Plant is narrated by Sarah Snook (Steve Jobs, 2015; Black Mirror, 2016). It is Written and directed by Tom Basis and Robert Summerlin, who also plays the eponymous Poet.

It plays as though Jonathan Richman is in one of Aesop’s Fables. He is a man struggling to breathe life into his writing and his house plants alike. Basis and Summerlin describe it as “A meditation on true love, loneliness, and listening.”

If you’d like to make it a struggling-artist-short double bill, try Victor in Paradise by Brendan McHugh

A poet loves his new houseplant so much he kills it. A meditation on true love, loneliness, and listening. And an allegory for modern man’s relationship with nature, and how it can heal.

ROBERT SUMMERLIN is a French-American poet, artist, and environmentalist. His hope is that his creative projects play a part in creating a more peaceful and happy planet. In 2017 he was accepted into The Aspen Institute’s Poetry Workshop.

TOM BASIS is an Israeli-American writer and director. He has put his name to several major campaigns in fashion, design, and technology, and has collaborated with top-tier companies at the forefront of their fields, such as Marchesa and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Tom’s most recent projects include a series of 360° films for IBM Watson.

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