Apr 01, 2017
95 min
Full-HD

The Tree (2017)

Inspired by an actual friendship between the director's mother and his mother's best friend, 'The Tree' is a poignant, heart-warming story about an 88 year-old widow (Dorothy Thorp) who takes a road trip from Wamego, Kansas, back to Terre Haute, Indiana, to visit her oldest and dearest childhood friend.

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Joicie Appell

Dorothy Thorpe

Joicie Appell

Dorothy Thorp

Laura Kirk

Marge McMillan

Cedric Houle

Sam

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