Movie fans have been waiting patiently for years to see anything from Terrence Malick's Tree of Life (seriously, this movie has been around since 2005). There was finally a breakthrough in September when it was announced that Fox Searchlight would distribute the film and a release date was set for May 27 of next year. Now, after five long years of development, the film's first poster is out in the ether.
Touring the American Film Market, Collider has spotted the first marketing material for the Brad Pitt-Sean Penn starer and the whole thing remains just as mysterious as it was an hour ago. As previously reported, the film is set in the 1950s Midwest and chronicles the life of a man from childhood to adulthood as he tries to reconcile with his father - but the whole thing is so much more complicated than that.
Check out the poster below (or full size over at Collider) as well as the film's official synopsis.
From the Desk of Terrence Malick….We trace the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy in the Midwest, JACK, one of three brothers. At first all seems marvelous to the child. He sees as his mother does with the eyes of his soul. She represents the way of love and mercy, where the father tries to teach his son the world’s way of putting oneself first. Each parent contends for his allegiance, and Jack must reconcile their claims. The picture darkens as he has his first glimpses of sickness, suffering and death. The world, once a thing of glory, becomes a labyrinth.From this story is that of adult Jack, a lost soul in a modern world, seeking to discover amid the changing scenes of time that which does not change: the eternal scheme of which we are a part. When he sees all that has gone into our world’s preparation, each thing appears a miracle—precious, incomparable. Jack, with his new understanding, is able to forgive his father and take his first steps on the path of life.The story ends in hope, acknowledging the beauty and joy in all things, in the everyday and above all in the family—our first school—the only place that most of us learn the truth about the world and ourselves, or discover life’s single most important lesson, of unselfish love.
