McConaughey in Official US Trailer for Gus Van Sant's 'The Sea of Trees'

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“It is during our darkest, that our loved ones are closest.” A24 has unveiled an official trailer for the release of Gus Van Sant’s The Sea of Trees, an emotional drama set in Japan’s mysterious Aokigahara forest, also known as the Suicide Forest (the same place the horror film The Forest takes place). This first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year to mostly negative reviews from critics, which is why there isn’t too much buzz. Matthew McConaughey stars as a suicidal American man who ventures into the forest longing for his wife, played by Naomi Watts, and befriends a Japanese man, played by Ken Watanabe, while he’s wandering around. The cast includes Katie Aselton, Jordan Gavaris and James Saito. We featured the Japanese trailer back in March, but this new US trailer looks better, like it actually might be worth seeing. ›››