It took Terrence Malick 30 years to make four movies, so when the lyrical director of Days of Heaven has a new project on the way, consider that an event. It stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, two of our most accomplished character actors, and it’s about… god knows what. The period piece, set around the 1950s, has a plot that has been kept top secret. The only official tidbit reveals that the film revolves around a boy’s loss of innocence. But rumors are circulating, and they say Tree of Life is Malick’s most ambitious project to date. It may or may not have segments that deal with the prehistoric or even evolution (Tree of Life, get it) and it may be released in IMAX. True or not, just the suggestion of Terrence Malick’s spectacular visuals in IMAX gets us tickled with anticipation.
故事讲述生长在美国中西部的11岁少年杰克的成长变迁。他的家庭由父母和三兄弟组成。在一个孩子眼中，起初一切都是新奇的。他从母亲身上看到了慈爱，而他的父亲告诉他，这个世界的生存法则就是把自己放在首位。在成长过程中，杰克竭力想要调和双亲相悖的人生观。
本片由著名导演泰伦斯·马力克执导、西恩·潘和布拉德·皮特主演，泰伦斯·马力克很早就开始构思该片，他花了30年时间才让这部影片变为现实。