10 Mysterious Sci-Fi Films That Gave Nothing Away
3. The Fountain
The Fountain tells the story of Thomas; a man who turns the Biblical Tree of Life into a vessel to travel to a nebula before it goes supernova so he can reunite with his dead wife. (For some reason, viewers found the film a little hard to follow.)
The Fountain is a sprawling whirlwind of kaleidoscopic imagery but its premise is quite simple. It is about a man's mission to be reunited with his late wife. The story follows three characters (all played by Hugh Jackman) who exist in three interwoven time periods; Tomas the conquistador in the 1500s, Thomas the doctor in the 2000s, and Tommy the Space Traveller in the 2500s. Throughout his journey to save his deceased partner, the viewer cannot help but wonder how the three "Thomases" are connected? Are they related? Are they the same person?
However, the film has no intention of clarifying whether the scenes of Thomas hurling through the cosmic void are real or merely a story he devised to deal with his unresolved grief. Like Thomas, it's up to the viewer to make sense of it all.