The Fountain

"What if you could live forever?"

Nov 22 2006 PG-13 1h 37m
Drama, Mystery, Romance

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

Plot

Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.

Written by

Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel

Directed by

Darren Aronofsky

Production Countries

United States of America, Canada

Production Companies

Mel's Cite du Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Muse Entertainment, New Regency Pictures, Protozoa Pictures, Regency Enterprises

Languages

English

Awards

9 wins & 38 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
255,598
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
51
Popularity
NA