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| THE TREE |
Year: 2010
USA: Zeitgeist Films
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas,
Tom Russell, Zoe Boe, Aden Young, Christian Byers, Gabriel Gotting,
Penne Hackforth-Jones, Gillian Jones, Bob MacKay
Director: Julie Bertucelli
Countries: France / Australia
USA: & UK: 100 mins
USA Rated: Not rated
UK Certificate: 12A contains a moderate sex scene and one use
of strong language
USA Release Date: 15 July 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 5 August 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
"Love is a force of nature."
The second feature film from Julie Bertucelli, acclaimed director of
SINCE OTAR LEFT, THE TREE stars Award-winning actress Charlotte
Gainsbourg, newcomer Morgana Davies, and is based on the much-loved
Australian novel, “Oh Father Who Art in the Tree” by Judy
Pascoe.
Dawn (Gainsbourg) and Peter live together with their children in the
Australian countryside. In the middle of their garden stands the
kids' favourite playground - a massive Moreton Bay Fig tree, whose
branches reach high towards the sky and roots stretch far into the
ground.
One day, Peter dies of a heart attack, crashing his car into the
tree trunk. Dawn is left alone with her grief and four children to
raise. All of them naturally go looking for comfort under their
protective tree, which becomes even more present in their lives. The
young daughter, Simone (Davies), thinking that her late father
whispers to her through the leaves, settles in the tree and refuses
to climb down from it. But as the tree is growing unusually big -
branches infiltrating the house, roots destroying the foundations,
the family will need to make an excruciating decision to be able to
go on with their lives...
THE TREE stars actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg whose
previous credits include Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21
GRAMS, Todd Haynes’ I’M NOT THERE, Michel Gondry’s THE SCIENCE
OF SLEEP and Lars Von Trier’s ANTICHRIST, for which she received
the Best Actress Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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