A Monster Calls

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A Monster Calls is a dark fantasy drama film that blends emotional coming-of-age storytelling with supernatural elements as a young boy copes with his mother's terminal illness through visits from a giant tree-like monster.

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A Monster Calls (film) 2
A Monster Calls (2016 film) 1

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instanceOf dark fantasy film
drama film
film
awardReceived Goya Award for Best Cinematography
Goya Award for Best Director
Goya Award for Best New Actor
Goya Award for Best Production Design
Goya Award for Best Sound
basedOn A Monster Calls self-linksurface differs
surface form: A Monster Calls (novel)
basedOnIdeaBy Siobhan Dowd
basedOnWorkBy Patrick Ness
cinematographyBy Óscar Faura
countryOfOrigin Spain
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
director J. A. Bayona
distributedBy Focus Features
United International Pictures
surface form: Universal Pictures International
editedBy Bernat Vilaplana
genre coming-of-age film
dark fantasy
drama
language English
mainCharacter Conor O'Malley
Conor's mother
The Monster
musicBy Fernando Velázquez
narrativeDevice storytelling by a tree-like monster
producer Belén Atienza
J. A. Bayona
productionCompany Apaches Entertainment
Participant Media
River Road Entertainment
Telecinco Cinema
releaseYear 2016
runtimeMinutes 108
screenwriter Patrick Ness
setIn England
starring Felicity Jones
Lewis MacDougall
Liam Neeson
Sigourney Weaver
Toby Kebbell
theme coming of age
coping with loss
grief
terminal illness
voiceActorOfMonster Liam Neeson
worldPremiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival
worldPremiereYear 2016

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J. A. Bayona notableWork A Monster Calls
J. A. Bayona directed A Monster Calls
J. A. Bayona directed A Monster Calls
this entity surface form: A Monster Calls (2016 film)
Geraldine Chaplin notableWork A Monster Calls
Titanic Studios notableWorkProduced A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls basedOn A Monster Calls self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A Monster Calls (novel)
Sigourney Weaver notableWork A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness notableWork A Monster Calls
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Patrick Ness wroteScreenplayFor A Monster Calls
this entity surface form: A Monster Calls (film)
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this entity surface form: A Monster Calls (film)
Bayona notableWork A Monster Calls
subject surface form: J. A. Bayona
Juan Antonio notableWork A Monster Calls
subject surface form: Juan Antonio Bayona
Juan Antonio García Bayona notableWork A Monster Calls
Juan Antonio García Bayona directed A Monster Calls
Toby Kebbell notableWork A Monster Calls
Óscar Faura notableWork A Monster Calls
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Conor O'Malley protagonistOf A Monster Calls
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The Monster appearsIn A Monster Calls
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Susan Alexandra Weaver notableWork A Monster Calls
More Than This precededBy A Monster Calls