IMDb RATING
6.5/10
4.7K
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After the death of her father, an 8-year-old girl becomes convinced that he is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan tree that towers over her house.After the death of her father, an 8-year-old girl becomes convinced that he is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan tree that towers over her house.After the death of her father, an 8-year-old girl becomes convinced that he is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan tree that towers over her house.
- Awards
- 1 win & 16 nominations
Morgan Davies
- Simone
- (as Morgana Davies)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaAbout two hundred little girls were auditioned for Simone's role and a thousand fig trees were visited before the perfect one was found.
- GoofsNo competent tradesman in Australia would pull a tree branch out of a house in the manner shown. Sections inside the house would be trimmed with a chainsaw, before the main branch outside is removed.
- Quotes
Tim O'Neil: Happy families are boring anyway.
- Crazy credits"No animals or trees were harmed while filming"
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010)
- SoundtracksDie Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum
(from "St. John Passion", BWV 245)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by The Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Featured review
a moving and serene examination of grief, greatly acted
The universal theme of suffering after the abrupt death of a dear one, with the necessity for those who remain to go on with life, is here presented in a very serene way. No melodrama, no anxiety, no exaggeration in sensitivity, but solid realism, with a touch of the magic of this tree, heart of the family and of the movie. It's a movie which follows the pace and the inner development of the single characters, mainly of Dawn, the mother, and Simone, the daughter, both wonderfully interpreted by a high-talented Charlotte Gainsbourg, and by a surprisingly mature little girl. It's a movie about the need to go on, to accept the strokes of life with the force and dignity that, let me say it, sometimes only women have, with no sentimentalism, no pathetic indulgence, but with sober realism and a strong feeling for human courage. Another movie that unfortunately will not reach the great distribution, but we know that the phantasmagoric magic of Harry Potter attracts more public and brings more money than the humble magic of a fig tree. However, a truly valid picture.
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- yris2002
- Jul 16, 2011
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- Also known as
- Дерево
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- Budget
- €7,740,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $71,158
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,983
- Jul 17, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $2,450,045
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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