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The Sea of Trees (2015)

PG-13  |   |  Drama  |  16 May 2015 (France)
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A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

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Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to commit suicide. On his journey to the suicide forest, he encounters Takumi Nakamura, a Japanese man who has lost his way after attempting suicide. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and reconnects him to his love for his wife. Written by G.BRILLIANT

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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, some disturbing images and brief strong language
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This was the first film in the 68th edition of the Cannes film festival to be booed by the audience. See more »

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References Journey to Mt. Fuji (2015) See more »

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Oscar Bait from Gus Van Sant
18 May 2015 | by (London, England) – See all my reviews

Another deep cerebral of Gus Van Sant that was very slow and not that entertaining that can be very slow and it was for me and many others. With all these foreign movies I am at least getting used to subtitles. They don't annoy me as much as much as they used to. Because I was seeing a lot of horror movies, many of them B-Pictures, I thought that this might be considered one of them. Well this might be considered Van Sant's Horror. Well it isn't horror for me but with that title "The Sea of Trees", it might have been considered it. Well it isn't for me. It seems to be about a group of people that annoy others. Of course Matthew McConaughey a favorite actor of Van Sant's is in this picture who plays the main character. Only for die-hard fans of Gus Van Sant but not particularly anybody else.


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