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A Monster Calls
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
2016 · Directed by J. A. Bayona · 108 min · Fantasy · Adventure · Family · 17 frames
Tagline
Stories are wild creatures.
Crew
- Screenplay: Patrick Ness
- Cinematography: Óscar Faura
- Edited by: Bernat Vilaplana, Jaume Martí
- Music: Fernando Velázquez
- Production design: Eugenio Caballero
- Produced by: Belén Atienza
Cast
- Lewis MacDougall as Conor
- Sigourney Weaver as Grandma
- Felicity Jones as Mum
- Toby Kebbell as Dad
- Ben Moor as Mr. Clark
- James Melville as Harry
- Oliver Steer as Sully
- Dominic Boyle as Anton
- Jennifer Lim as Miss Kwan
- Max Gabbay as Steven
Production
- Country: Spain, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: River Road Entertainment, Participant, Apaches Films, La Trini
- Budget: $43,000,000
- Box office: $47,309,313
- Themes: dreams, monster, based on novel or book, nightmare, grandparent grandchild relationship, truth, tree, artist, bullying, terminal illness
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