The Tree of Life
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.
- genus: Drama, Fantasy
- Studio: River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, Cottonwood Pictures, Summit Entertainment
- keyword: 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, newborn baby, organ player, waco texas, father son relationship, mother son relationship, brother brother relationship, stream of consciousness, life, existential crisis, pretentious, pantheism
- cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan
