Tree of life – life, the universe and everything

By Jonathan Hare2012-07-01T10:41:00

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On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare

Tree of Life is the haunting story of life in 1950’s Texas and a family’s struggle to come to terms with the death of a loved one. However, embedded within the film are also a series of short, yet stunningly beautiful, visual explorations of crucial events in the world’s evolution. Ultimately the film is about birth, growth, death, religion and evolution.

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