Director Terrence Malick (Badlands, The Thin Red Line) is never one to do things like other people, and this trailer suggest The Tree Of Life won’t be your usual film. The movie follows the life journey of eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. It’s described as an impressionistic story full of Malick’s signature imagery, which is much in evidence in the trailer, with seemingly random shots of nature, planets, buildings and the like interspersed with images of the actors. It’s certainly very intriguing. We should be able to find out for ourselves when it hits cinemas around next May. Click below for the trailer.