A Monster Calls
A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.
Director: JA Bayona
Cast includes: Liam Neeson, Sigourney weaver, lewis Macdougall, Felicity jones,
2016 / 108mins / USA / Spain
12-year-old Conor is bullied because he sees the world differently. His mother is suffering from a terminal illness, his grandmother has become increasingly controlling and his father is perpetually absent. Suddenly, a wizened and mysterious yew tree materialises to provide Conor with some much-needed guidance. Shooting from the spectacular heights of fantasy, straight to the beating heart of reality, Bayona’s visually inventive fi lm gives glorious form to this deeply moving story about a boy who draws on his expansive imagination to come to terms with impending loss.
