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Last modified: Sep. 15, 2016

The Sea of Trees

Release Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 N/A

Director: Gus Van Sant

Starring: Matthew McConaughey Naomi Watts Ken Watanabe

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 50 m

  • 3.6 / 5
79% 21%

Plot

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In this powerful story of love and redemption, Matthew McConaughey stars as Arthur Brennan, an American professor who travels to Japan in the midst of a personal crisis. As he wanders through a mysterious forest with a dark past, he experiences flashbacks of his fraught but loving relationship with his wife, Joan (Naomi Watts), and meets an enigmatic stranger, Takumi (Ken Watanabe), who is lost and injured. Arthur devotes himself to saving Takumi and returning him home to safety, and the two embark on a spiritual, life-changing journey of friendship, discovery, and healing—one which may ultimately re-connect Arthur with his love for his wife.
Cited as official plot version from a24films.com
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The film's director Gus Van Sant last directed Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot and Promised Land. The film's writer Chris Sparling last wrote The Desperate Hour and Down a Dark Hall.

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  • Premiered in competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for mature thematic material, some disturbing images and brief strong language
Runtime
1 hr, 50 m
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Language
English

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The Sea of Trees was released in on Friday, August 26, 2016. There were 13 other movies released on the same date, including Mechanic: Resurrection, Don't Breathe and Southside With You.

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