Teviotville Tree is a large Moreton Bay fig tree in Teviotville, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia that featured in the movie L'Arbre (in French) or The Tree in English. The tree is a large, 130-year-old fig tree which was considered by the French producers to be a perfect tree for the movie, after an exhaustive search for just the right one (per the DVD bonus material).

Teviotville Tree is located in Australia
Teviotville Tree
Location of the Teviotville Tree

The joint Australian-French movie is an adaptation of Judy Pascoe's novel Our Father Who Art in the Tree, starring French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. The three-month movie shoot was completed in February 2010 and the movie was released in Australia on Sept 30, 2010.[1]

As of March 2012, a view of this location on Google Earth still shows many vehicles and temporary buildings associated with the film production.

References edit

  1. ^ "Perfect tree a movie star". Jeremy Pierce. Courier Mail. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010. [dead link]

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