The Tree (The Tree)
Directed by: Julie BertuccelliCast list: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Morgana Davies, Aden Young, Gillian Jones
Country: France, Australia, Germany, Italy
Year: 2010
Genres: Romantic / Drama /
Runtime: 102 min.
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The O'Neills live happily in their house in the Australian countryside. But one day Peter, the father, dies 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, threatening the house and it must be felled.
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Subjects: English language / Religion / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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