How Harry Became a Tree

How Harry Became a Tree
Directed byGoran Paskaljević
Based on
Lao Dan is a Tree
by  Yang Zhengguang
StarringColm Meaney
Adrian Dunbar
CinematographyMilan Spasić
Music byStefano Arnaldi
Production
company
Paradox Pictures Limited
Release date
  • 13 September 2001 (2001-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
99 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
LanguageEnglish

How Harry Became a Tree, also released as Bitter Harvest, is a 2001 drama film directed by Goran Paskaljević and starring Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar and Cillian Murphy. It is based on the Chinese novel Lao Dan is a Tree (Chinese: 老丹是一棵树, 1998) by Yang Zhengguang and deals allegorically with the Irish Civil War and Yugoslav Wars.