In effort to provide all updates on our most-anticipated film of the year, we have quite a big one today. A few days ago we reported Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life was officially set to premiere at Cannes Film Festival. It turns out they actually won’t be the first people seeing the long-awaited drama.
Empire reports that the film will open on May 4th, 2011 in the UK, a mere 36 days from now. It will then show at Cannes a week later and in the US at the end of the month. This means it will show out of competition at the Cannes fest and we’ll be attending, so look out for a review.
Synopsis:
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, 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 Tree of Life will hit US theaters May 27th, 2011.
Anyone purchasing a plane ticket?