The Tree of Life (2011)
May 17, 2011
Drama, Fantasy
2h 19m
Nothing stands still.
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. 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. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Terrence Malick
Mr. O'Brien Brad Pitt
Jack Sean Penn
Mrs. O'Brien Jessica Chastain
Steve Tye Sheridan
Grandmother Fiona Shaw
Architect Will Wallace
Jack's Wife Joanna Going
Messenger Irene Bedard
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Keywords
- sibling relationship
- parent child relationship
- afterlife
- christianity
- philosophy
- tree
- sun
- texas
- telegram
- bible
- surrealism
- meteor
- coming of age
- spirituality
- grief
- space
- religion
- memory
- dinosaur
- birth
- death
- grace
- childhood
- death of brother
- silhouette
- existentialism
- organist
- masculinity
- cosmos
- 1950s
- philosophical
- self reflection
- newborn baby
- organ player
- waco texas
- father son relationship
- mother son relationship
- brother brother relationship
- stream of consciousness
- life
- existential crisis
- pantheism