Brad Pitt arrives at Cannes to promote haunting drama Tree of Life
BRAD Pitt followed in the footsteps of his partner Angelina Jolie as he arrived at Cannes Film Festival to promote his new movie, Tree of Life.
Pitt, wearing an all-white ensemble, signed autographs and posed for photographers as he arrived at the promotion event.
His partner, Jolie, has previously been at Cannes Film Festival promoting her new movie Kung Fu Panda.
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Pitt, with his ever present grey beard and slicked back hair, stood up for the movie, that had received mixed reviews from the Cannes audience,
The film, set in 1950s America, is described as “the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family” and revolves around the relationship between a father and son.
It is one of 20 films in the running to pick up the festival’s coveted Palme d’Or prize.
The Tree of Life, directed by Terence Mallick looks at the origin of time and infinity through the life of a troubled, 1950s-era Texas family.
Pitt stars alongside Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain as it explores evolving galaxies, nebulae, and surreal, symbolic representations of the world beyond.
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Pitt said. “Mallick tells this micro story of this family in a small town in Texas and juxtaposes it with the macro of the birth of the cosmos and cells splitting.
“I find that so extraordinary. There are parallel truths in that.”