'The Tree' ...

Simone played by Morgana Davies

 Last night, C and I headed to The Plaza, the local neighbourhood cinema to see an Australian movie that C had heard about on the radio, 'The Tree.'  I'd never heard of the movie before which is an Australian/French collaboration that closed the Cannes Film Festival (with a 7 minute ovation, according to Wikipedia) in 2010.  It was a slow movie but incredibly moving - the story of a family who grieve for their lost husband/father with the help of a huge, ancient Moreton Bay Fig Tree.  The young girl, Morgana Davies, who played Simone totally stole the show with an amazing performance.  The movie is worth watching for her performance alone.  I can highly recommend 'The Tree' to anyone, but especially to any Australians who are overseas and missing the Aussie accent as well as the landscape!