The Tree

The Tree

Life is a force of nature

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Release Date

3/3/2010

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Overview

The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, eight-year-old Simone denies this reality. She is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house and speaks to her through its leaves. But the tree becomes more and more invasive and threatens the house. It must be felled. Of course, Simone won't allow it.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting meditation on how grief reshapes a family, told through a child's magical thinking and a mother's struggle to hold everything together. The film moves like a storm, building tension between acceptance and denial until something has to give.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulUnsettling

Themes

GriefFamilyComing of ageMortality

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

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