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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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
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)"

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