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The Tree of Life (2011)
Runtime139 min
Rating12A
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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.
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The Tree of Life (2011) is a critically acclaimed, impressionistic drama that divided critics but received high praise from many film experts. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Audiences have responded positively to the film, with an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 84% based on over 300,000 user ratings.
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Terrence Malick's poetic, meditative drama, with its contemplation of the human experience and its relationship to the natural world, resonates with the philosophical and spiritual elements found in Kieślowski's filmography.
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The Tree of Life is a 2011 American epic experimental coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick. Its main cast includes Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, and Tye Sheridan in his debut feature film role. The film chronicles the origins and meaning of life by way of a middle-aged man's childhood memories of his family living in 1950s Texas, interspersed with imagery of the origins of the universe and the inception of life on Earth.
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