at the sundance screening of this film and the director tell u that the evergreen of the title refer to the green envy the main character feel toward those who have so much while she do not . this be a realistic story of a young girl who move into her grandmother ramshakle house with her grandmother . they be quite poor and and when the girl ( henri ) meet a rich boy at school and she want to be part of his family . the movie be about henri discovery that money doesn not really take away problem . this be good effort for all involve .