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From the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, The Thin Red Line and Days of Heaven, "The Tree of Life" is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s chronicling the journey of the eldest son, Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn), through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years - trying to reconcile the complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt).  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.  Written and directed by Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain.  The film was produced by Bill Pohlad (River Road Entertainment), Sarah Green, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill.

Despite not being a box office champion, Terrence Malick's status "d´auteur" is so high that every movie star in Hollywood wants to work with him, even for free! Malick has always worked on his own, spending years on the final cut of his movies and keeping himself far from the mainstream: he has only made five movies in 37 years of career and he never gives interviews or images from himself for promotional purposes. Not for nothing he is frequently refered as "The J.D. Salinger from the movies". Something really unusual in the current Hollywood, so obssesed on numbers, sequels and release dates.

Next month of May, Malick´s new and highly anticipated movie "The Tree of Life" will be screened by the first time at Cannes Film Festival. Until that moment we can enjoy the trailer from the film, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, which hit the web a few months ago. As his previous films, the images from the movie are extremely powerful, elegant and evocative. And a new proof that Malick´s cinema is poetry on images...