A Monster Calls

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dark fantasy film drama film film

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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Predicate	Object
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 → 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 NERFINISHED →
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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Patrick Ness → authorOf → A Monster Calls →

A Monster Calls → basedOn → A Monster Calls →

this entity surface form: "A Monster Calls (novel)"

Patrick Ness → basedOnWorkAdaptedTo → A Monster Calls →

this entity surface form: "A Monster Calls (film)"

J. A. Bayona → directed → A Monster Calls →

this entity surface form: "A Monster Calls (2016 film)"

Geraldine Chaplin → notableWork → A Monster Calls →

J. A. Bayona → notableWork → A Monster Calls →

Patrick Ness → notableWork → A Monster Calls →

Sigourney Weaver → notableWork → A Monster Calls →

Titanic Studios → notableWorkProduced → A Monster Calls →

Patrick Ness → wroteScreenplayFor → A Monster Calls →

this entity surface form: "A Monster Calls (film)"