Terrence Malick, of (the more recent) The Thin Red Line and The New World fame, will be back in theaters next year, with the drama/fantasy The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.
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.The movie will premiere May 27, 2011.
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