Some interesting news from Cannes! Julie Bertucelli‘s film titled The Tree has been chosen as the closing night film of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.
This movie is Bertucelli’s second feature after Since Otar Left which won the prize for best first film at the 2004 Cesar Awards. And is there better decision, especially when we know this movie stars last year’s Festival de Cannes best actress winner Charlotte Gainsbourg? Guess not…
So, The Tree is an adaptation of Judy Pascoe‘s novel Our Father Who Art in the Tree and was shot in Australia. Basically it’s the story of a family mourning the death of the father.
Check out the The Tree synopsis: “After the sudden loss of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn: her father whispers to her through the leaves of the magnificient tree by their house.
Simone is convinced that he’s come back to protect her family. Soon, Simone’s three brothers and Dawn also take comfort in the reassuring tree.But the new bond between mother and daughter is threatened when Dawn starts dating George. Simone moves into the treehouse and refuses to come down.
With branches infiltrating the house and roots destroying the foundations, the tree seems to be siding with Simone. Dawn refuses to let the tree take control of her family…”
In this interesting story you’ll have a chance to watch Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas and Aden Young.
It was produced by Les Films du Poisson in co-production with Arte France Cinema and Australia’s Taylor media, plus support from Backup Films and a prebuy from Gallic pay TV group Canal Plus.
The Tree will be screened on 23 May, after the Award Ceremony, presided by the American filmmaker Tim Burton, is over.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas will emcee the closing-night ceremony on May 23, and we could once again remind you that The Festival de Cannes opens on 12 May with Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott.
