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Magic is a useful trade in a land inhabited by elves, and as the young
mage Koblord ( Jonathan McDowell ) discovers, so is diplomacy. He has abandoned
the dim thinking barbarity of his human peers, hoping to build a new life
among the clever elf kind. But just as he finds love in the exotic touch of
Trejolie, ( Clara Siegrist ) the Silver Tree princess, he also finds more
trouble than either of them can face alone.
A sinister, callous wizard is waging a campaign of vengeance
against the
various elf tribes, preying upon the centuries of racial
hatred that
divide them. He seeks the elven secret of immortality,
and will destroy
them one tribe at a time with his army of hideous beasts
to seize it. When
Trejolie's entire family is slaughtered, she and Koblord
race against time
to gather the forces from their neighboring tribes to
save all elf kind
from a fate worse than extinction: the inability at death
to join their
ancestors in the Great Trees.
Now it's up to Koblord and the princess to convince the
tribes of their
urgent need for combined action, while they themselves
may be wedged apart
by the sensual huntress Vora, (Stephanie Bombara) the
bureaucratic Luna,
(Cristina Cammarata) and the cunning wizard himself,
who advances his
fiendish plans before their eyes disguised as a displaced
elf prince. The
tensions strain until the final battle of student mage
versus master, elf
versus monster, and death versus afterlife.
The Silver Tree is an overdue fantasy movie with bite
and wit, yet stays
true to its inspirations in medieval legend. Shot entirely
on location, it
sports impressive costumes and special effects that belie
its limited
budget. These elves don't bake cookies in a hollow tree.
They thirst for
adventure, defend themselves with deadly skill, and give
us mortals some
things to think about.
