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The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

6,7 /10 (3,317 Votes)
2011 EN 139 min

Overview

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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Release date

17/05/2011

Votes

3,317

Popularity

4.5

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Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

139 min

Budget

$32,000,000

Revenue

$54,700,000

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Mr. O'Brien

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

Mrs. O'Brien

Hunter McCracken

Hunter McCracken

Young Jack

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Jack

Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Grandmother

Tye Sheridan

Tye Sheridan

Steve

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Laramie Eppler

R.L.

Will Wallace

Will Wallace

Architect

Nicolas Gonda

Nicolas Gonda

Mr. Reynolds

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Jessica Fuselier

Guide

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Kelly Koonce

Father Haynes

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Bryce Boudoin

Robert

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Jimmy Donaldson

Jimmy

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Kameron Vaughn

Cayler

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Cole Cockburn

Harry Bates

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Dustin Allen

George Walsh

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Brayden Whisenhunt

Jo Bates

Joanna Going

Joanna Going

Jack's Wife

Irene Bedard

Irene Bedard

Messenger

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Michael Koeth

Jack @ 2

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Finnegan Williams

Jack @ 5

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John Howell

R. L. @ 2

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Samantha Martinez

Samantha

Savannah Welch

Savannah Welch

Mrs. Kimball

Tamara Jolaine

Tamara Jolaine

Mrs. Stone

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Julia M. Smith

Beth

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Anne Nabors

Rue

Ryan Melton

Ryan Melton

Prisoner

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Tyler Thomas

Tyler Stone

Michael Showers

Michael Showers

Mr. Brown

Kimberly Whalen

Kimberly Whalen

Mrs. Brown

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Margaret Hoard

Jane

Wally Welch

Wally Welch

Clergyman

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Hudson Lee Long

Mr. Bagley

Michael Dixon

Michael Dixon

Dusty Walsh

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William Hardy

Jack's Work Colleague

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Tommy Hollis

Tommy

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Cooper Franklin Sutherland

Robert #2

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John Cyrier

Bi-Plane Pilot

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Erma Lee Alexander

Erma

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Nicholas Yedinak

Nicholas Swimmer

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Erinn Allison

Mrs. Bates (uncredited)

Mary Anzalone

Mary Anzalone

School Teacher (uncredited)

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Charlotte Biggs

1950s' Woman (uncredited)

Benjamin Dane

Benjamin Dane

Symphony Patron (uncredited)

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Michael E. Harvey

Lame Man (uncredited)

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Matt Hislope

Clown (uncredited)

Jackson Hurst

Jackson Hurst

Uncle Ray (uncredited)

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Zach Irsik

Jack's Son (uncredited)

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Scottie Jefferies

Businessman (uncredited)

Gregory Kelly

Gregory Kelly

Prisoner (uncredited)

Carlotta Maggiorana

Carlotta Maggiorana

Ragazza-angelo (uncredited)

Crystal Mantecon

Crystal Mantecon

Elisa (uncredited)

Jodie Moore

Jodie Moore

Mr. Walsh (uncredited)

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Kathryn Rawson

Capitol Secretary (uncredited)

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Danielle Rene

Woman (uncredited)

Debbi Tucker

Debbi Tucker

Neighbor (uncredited)

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Andres Gomez

2013-11-29

⭐ 5

A movie that wants to mean more than what is actually telling. Taking a lot of things borrowed from 2001, it doesn't even come close to have such a deep an interesting meaning.

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CRCulver

2018-09-01

⭐ 6

Terrence Malick's <i>The Tree of Life</i> is an attempt to inject some cosmic wonder into the most mundane American story. In the 1950s, two parents bring up three boys in an American white middle-class, small-town existence. The mother (Jessica Chastain) radiates love and warmth, while the father (Brad Pitt) feels the obligation to be cold and distant in order to prepare his sons for the cruel world that awaits them. As we are informed at the beginning of the film, sometime during this mid-century upbringing, one of the boys would eventually die. We are also shown flashfowards to the prese…

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2022-06-19

⭐ 4

**Visually grandiose and made with true technical and artistic mastery, it is a film with difficult and indigestible themes, which will scare the audience with its slowness and tiring atmosphere.** There are films that are made for some audiences and not for most people, the general public. This film is one of them: being what it is, it doesn't even try to capture our sympathy or attention. The film did very well on the festivals circuit and even won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, in addition to being acclaimed by critics and intellectuals. However, it was not understood by almost anyone but the…

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