With gorgeous open sea visuals and a sweeping sound, the trailer for Ang Lee‘s Life of Pi is proof that the filmmaker can make hearts beat faster with only a boat, a young boy and a tiger.

From the bestselling novel by Yann Martel, the story focuses on a zookeeper’s son (Suraj Sharma) who has some unusual lifeboat companions after a shipwreck. And then a whale jumps over him.

Check it out for yourself:

Life of Pi is in theaters November 21st.

What do you think?