Film

The Tree

2010 · 1h 40m · Drama

Life is a force of nature

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Metacritic

58

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.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Dawn O'Neil

Morgan Davies

Simone O'Neil

Marton Csokas

George Elrick

Christian Byers

Tim O'Neil

Tom Russell

Lou O'Neil

Gabriel Gotting

Charlie O'Neil

Aden Young

Peter O'Neil

Penne Hackforth-Jones

Mrs. Johnson

Gillian Jones

Vonnie

Murray Shoring

Council Inspector

• Julie BertuccelliDirector · Writer
• Elizabeth J. MarsScreenplay
• Judy PascoeNovel
• Alberto FanniProducer
• Flaminio ZadraProducer
• Sue TaylorProducer
• Laetitia GonzalezProducer
• Yaël FogielProducer
• Paolo ColomboProducer
• Kent SmithExecutive Producer

The Tree - 2011 trailer official

Release date

March 3, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

6

Budget

$9,000,000

Genres

Drama

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