Set in the stunning landscape of rural Australia, THE TREE is Julie Bertuccelli’s second feature following the sleeper hit SINCE OTAR LEFT. She also co-wrote the screenplay based on Judy Pascoe’s novel “Our Father Who Art in the Tree.”

Blindsided with anguish after her husband’s sudden death, Dawn (Gainsbourg)—along with her four young children—struggles to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone (unforgettable newcomer Morgana Davies) becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but then the tree’s enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the abode and threaten their fragile existence….
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