'' The Tree '' is a French-Australian 2010 film co-produced between Australia and France . It was filmed in the small town of Boonah in Queensland , Australia and follows the lives of Dawn ( Charlotte Gainsbourg ) and her four children after the unexpected death of her husband Peter ( Aden Young ) . The film is an adaptation of the debut novel '' Our Father Who Art in the Tree '' by Australian writer and performer Judy Pascoe . The film closed the Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2010 following the Awards Ceremony and received a seven-minute standing ovation . In addition , The Tree premiered at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival . The film is distributed in the US by Zeitgeist Films , opening on 15 July 2011 in New York , on 22 July in Los Angeles , Boston and Washington , D.C. , and throughout the country over the summer
Cannes Film Festival
2010 Cannes Film Festival
The Tree (2010 film)