The Tree of Life Movie Wins Cannes Film Festival Top Prize
Cannes Film Festival awarded its top prize to the movie The Tree of Life by American director and writer Terrence Malick. The film stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Jessica Chastain.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Writers: Terrence Malick
In theaters: May 27th, 2011
Film Synopsis:
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.
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