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Kasper Løvborg
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Emotional and beautifully told, dealing with loss and the coming to terms with one's mortality. Allowing for repeated motifs, 'The Fountain' elegantly interweaves two (arguably) fictional stories into the main one of the movie'...

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Cast & Crew

Ellen Burstyn
As Dr. Lillian Guzetti
Stephen McHattie
As Grand Inquisitor Silecio
Hugh Jackman
As Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
Mark Margolis
As Father Avila
Boyd Banks
As Dominican Monk
Cliff Curtis
As Captain Ariel
Rachel Weisz
As Isabel / Izzi Creo

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What is The Fountain about? Toggle content

A story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of existence, The Fountain spans over one thousand years and three parallel stories. A conquistador in 16th-century Spain searches for the elixir of life to save his queen, while a scientist in the present day races against time to find a cure for his dying wife's brain cancer. In the future, an astronaut travels through space with a mysterious tree that holds the key to eternal life. As their journeys intersect and converge, they each grapple with the ultimate question: what does it mean to live forever?

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You can stream The Fountain on: Apple TV Amazon Store Fandango at Home

What movies are similar to The Fountain? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Fountain include Fallen, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream, Beyond Borders, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Aladin.

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The Fountain was released in theaters on November 22, 2006.