Es, sin duda, uno de los grandes enigmas del actual panorama cinematográfico. Se le esperaba en el pasado festival de Cannes y finalmente llegará en el próximo. Así es, tras un año a vueltas, ni Venecia, ni Toronto ni San Sebastián, ni por supuesto, tampoco los Oscar 2011. Un año es el que su productora, Fox Searchlight, ha decidido esperar para dar luz a uno de los proyectos más esperados por todos nosotros. Mientras Malick ya rueda junto a Bardem su próxima película (¿"The Burial"?), "The tree of life" será definitivamente estrenada en Mayo del 2011. Sobre la película no se sabía nada, absolutamente nada, hasta la fecha....pues bien, ya tenemos su póster...y atención, una sinopsis que viene directa del 'escritorio' del propio Terrence Malick!

From the Desk of Terrence Malick….

We trace the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy in the Midwest, JACK, one of three brothers.  At first all seems marvelous to the child.  He sees as his mother does with the eyes of his soul.  She represents the way of love and mercy, where the father tries to teach his son the world’s way of putting oneself first.  Each parent contends for his allegiance, and Jack must reconcile their claims.  The picture darkens as he has his first glimpses of sickness, suffering and death.  The world, once a thing of glory, becomes a labyrinth.

From this story is that of adult Jack, a lost soul in a modern world, seeking to discover amid the changing scenes of time that which does not change: the eternal scheme of which we are a part.  When he sees all that has gone into our world’s preparation, each thing appears a miracle—precious, incomparable.  Jack, with his new understanding, is able to forgive his father and take his first steps on the path of life.

The story ends in hope, acknowledging the beauty and joy in all things, in the everyday and above all in the family—our first school—the only place that most of us learn the truth about the world and ourselves, or discover life’s single most important lesson, of unselfish love.