The Fountain (2006)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Text: Matt Bochenski
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Dismissed by some as an overblown piece of flatulent self-indulgence, The Fountain is, at heart, a moving and mesmeric examination of lost love.
Hugh Jackman plays Tommy, a brain surgeon whose wife (Rachel Weisz) is dying from an inoperable tumour. Tommy’s inability to accept her death takes him on a metaphorical journey into the distant past and the far future, on a quest to discover the Tree of Life.
In essence, this is a film about understanding the nature and frailty of existence. Not for everybody, but check it out for yourself.
