Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi
Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa
Leo, Clea DuVall
Producer
:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Director
:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Genre
:
Drama
Duration
:
125 mins
College professor Paul Rivers and
his wife Mary find their union precariously balanced
between life and death. He is mortally ill and awaiting
a heart transplant, while she hopes to become pregnant
with his child through artificial insemination.
Cristina Peck, having matured since her reckless
past, is a beloved older sister to Claudia, a good
wife to Michael and loving mother to two little
girls. Her family radiates hope and joy. Much farther
down the socioeconomic scale, ex-con Jack Jordan
and his wife Marianne struggle to provide for their
two children while Jack reaffirms his commitment
to religion. A tragic accident that claims several
lives places these couples in each other's orbit.
In the aftermath, Paul confronts his own mortality,
Cristina takes action to come to terms with her
present and perhaps her future, and Jack's faith
is put to the test. If spiritual equilibrium is
to be regained by any one of them, it could come
at great cost to the others. Yet the will to live,
and the instinct to reach out to another person
for support, remains ever present among them all.
