Synopsis
"The Tree of Life is a 2011 American experimental epic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick and featuring a cast of Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, and Tye Sheridan in his debut feature film role. The film chronicles the origins and meaning of life by way of a middle-aged man's childhood memories of his family living in 1950s Texas, interspersed with imagery of the origins of the known universe and the inception of life on Earth. . . . The film begins with a quotation from the Book of Job: 'Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?... When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?'" [Wikipedia]