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Certificate 12A

Cast Hugh Jackman Rachel Weisz Ellen Burstyn Alexander Bisping Sean Patrick Thomas

Directors Darren Aronofsky

Screenwriters Darren Aronofsky

Running Time 96 minutes

The Fountain
Hugh Jackman in a rewardingly challenging fairy tale.

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Plot
Tommy Creo (Jackman) is a present-day medical researcher working on a cure for the cancer that is killing his wife, Izzi (Weisz). Meanwhile, 15th century conquistador Tomas (Jackman) searches out the Tree Of Life for Queen Isabel (Weisz). Finally, in 2500, Tom (Jackman) tries to regenerate the Tree in the heart of a star.

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