A Monster Calls
Stories are wild creatures.
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10/7/2016Runtime
108 minsOverview
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way. Conor, a twelve-year-old boy, encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
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A tender, visually imaginative film about a boy processing his mother's illness through encounters with a haunting tree spirit. It balances devastating realism with moments of magical wonder, asking hard questions about truth and denial while remaining fundamentally about love.
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