The Tree in Toraja, Philippe Claudel

"What are the living? At first glance, everything is obvious. To be with the living. To be alive. But what does it profoundly mean to be alive? When I breathe and walk, when I eat, when I dream, am I fully alive? When I feel Elena's gentle warmth, am I more alive? What is the highest degree of being alive?"

A filmmaker in the middle of his life loses his best friend and reflects on the part that death plays in our existence. Between two magnificent women, between the present and the past, in the memory of loved faces and the light of unexpected encounters, The Tree of the Toraja Country celebrates life's promises.