Grieving over the violent deaths of his wife and son and tormented by nightmares about being turned into a tree that is ultimately chopped down to make coffins, Harry settles upon George, the local matchmaker, as the target of his rage. But Harry’s efforts to destroy his enemy ultimately fail as his obsessions quite literally transform him into a tree. Serbian director Paskaljevik (The Powder Keg, Someone Else’s America) has crafted an absurdist parable with obvious echoes of the centuries-long nationalist struggles in Ireland and Serbia. How Harry Became a Tree is the director’s caustic take on how hatred can corrupt even the most genuine of grievances.