A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was initially documented as having a moment magnitude of 8.8. Little does humanity know that it is about to face the ultimate peril; a monumental death wave annihilating everything in its wake. The Impossible (Spanish: Lo imposible) is a 2012 English-language Spanish disaster drama film directed by J. Henry leaves the two boys with another family who are then taken to the mountains for safety by local relief crews. (2012). The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. This is where the family from The Impossible is now. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. MacGregor and Watts seem to suit their parts, but in a sense they are playing predictable roles. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Arriving on Christmas Eve, they settle in and begin to enjoy the brand new Orchid Beach Resort. A vehicle carrying Thomas and Simon also stops outside the hospital, and the boys get off so Simon can urinate. Rather than concentrating on the 'privileged white visitors', the film portrayed the profound sense of community and unity that I experienced in Thailand, with this family at the centre of it. About the performances of the main cast members he added, "Watts has few equals at conveying physical and emotional extremes, something she again demonstrates in a mostly bedridden role, and McGregor, in one of his better recent performances, manages to turn a simple phone call home into a small aria of heartbreak. McGregor, meanwhile, gives one of his best performances as the sad and desperate Henry, trying to play the hero, the provider, while knowing his cause is almost certainly lost." Tsunami: The Aftermath is a 2006 American disaster drama television miniseries that dramatizes the events in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. For me, it was the exact opposite. Henry promises Maria's father he will look everywhere for his family and that he will find them. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Henry finds the three of them together. Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. He focuses on the few, hoping that through them audiences will better understand the tale of the many. It plays on the 2004 boxing day Tsunami in Thailand as a few of the others on the list have tried to dramatize themselves. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend. 1 talking about this. Who will survive, and what will become of them? In February 2005, scientists revised the estimate of the magnitude to 9.0. [19], Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 81% based on 201 reviews, with an average rating of 7.32/10. The impressive results that display both the striking wave and its terrible aftermath owe much to production designer Eugenio Caballero.The big names here are Ewan MacGregor as Henry and Naomi Watts as Maria, his doctor wife, while Geraldine Chaplin has a cameo role as a lady who comforts one of their sons on a starlit night. A regular family - Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. Two days later on Boxing Day, the massive 2004 tsunami inundates the area. He says of the comments, "As I must, I've never been the sort of person to revisit and analyse events of the past, but some of these articles frustrated me. They have based themselves on detailed interviews with the family members and with other survivors, some of whom actually appear in the film. A. Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez. Doctor Maria Bennett, her husband Henry Bennett, and their three sons Lucas, Thomas, and Simon go on a Christmas holiday in 2004 to Khao Lak, Thailand. A short film about a young man saying his last goodbyes to his girlfriend, talking about the moments they shared together. It is based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Many video shots exist of the tsunami hitting the Asian beaches, but no one who was not there can have any real idea of what it must have been like to have been caught up by its waters. Maria cries and looks out the window at the chaos left behind as the plane takes off. Celebrate Black History Month with IMDb's exclusive galleries, recommendations, videos, and more. Was this review helpful to you? The film ended up earning $54,536,668 at the Spanish box office and $180,274,123 worldwide, compared with its estimated $45 million production budget. [6] Principal photography began 23 August 2010 in Alicante and continued in October in Thailand. A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. Use the HTML below. Nor can a story set in just one location ever capture just how wide-ranging were the tsunami's effects. My own relatives who were then living in Thailand were destined that day to be on the beach, but, unknown to the rest of us, illness caused them to alter their plans. [7] A teaser trailer was released on 26 December 2011. View production, box office, & company info. The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. But his scenes of its striking are horrific enough to give some sense of its magnitude, even on the screen. He learns that Maria is in the hospital, ready to undergo more surgery for her leg. Had this film been purely about the tale of a western middle class family's 'ruined' holiday then I would have agreed. "[26], According to The New York Times reviewer A. O. Scott, this narrowly-defined cinematic framing of the disaster through European and not Thai lenses represents "a troubling complacency and a lack of compassion in The Impossible," a movie which he found to be "less an examination of mass destruction than the tale of a spoiled holiday. A. Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez. Another Spanish film directors Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio G. Sánchez co-directed the video for "Disconnected" with Leticia Dolera in the main role. "[20] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating to reviews, the film had an average score of 73 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews. Bayona, Sergio G. 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"The effects are just as good as those in Sharknado! Lucas returns to find his mother's bed empty and is then taken to a tent where children without families are kept safe. The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest. [7][8], Director Juan Antonio Bayona decided not to specify the nationalities of the main characters in order to create a universal film in which nationalities were irrelevant to the plot. The movie is based on the true story of a Spanish family vacationing in Thailand when the tsunami struck, who miraculously reunited after being separated. The tsunami and its aftermath were responsible for immense destruction and loss on the The Impossible (Spanish: Lo imposible) is a 2012 English-language Spanish disaster drama film directed by J. While Maria is in surgery, her medical chart is mixed-up with a patient named Muriel Barnes, who has died. Tidal Wave (Korean: 해운대; RR: Haeundae) is a 2009 South Korean disaster film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon and Uhm Jung-hwa. But, when they find out a tsunami will hit the city, They realize they only have 10 minutes to escape! This time, however, the wave hits the Thai gulf and is so big, no one can outrun it. How does one story tell some of the many stories of that day? As the anesthesia puts her to sleep, Maria experiences flashbacks of how she came to be injured and how she surfaced the water. [31] On its third weekend it remained at No. 18 years on from the devastating impact of 2004's tsunami, the world still fights to come to terms with this devastating environmental disaster. Karl volunteers to accompany Henry to look for Maria and Lucas as well as his own family, who were at the beach when the tsunami hit. The miniseries was written by Abi Morgan and directed by Bharat Nalluri. Survivors of the 2004 tsunami have been left 'in tears' as cinemas are screening the trailer for a movie about the disaster without warning. Bayona, Sanchez and Keane filmed the video ... See full summary ». [30] On its second weekend the film remained at No. The 2004 quake ruptured a 900-mile stretch along the Indian and Australian plates 31 miles below the ocean floor. Tracking one family's harrowing experiences, this gripping drama depicts the chaos generated by the massive 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. How can you tell the story of what happened almost simultaneously in Indonesia and India, Myanmar and Malaysia, and eventually affected even the African coast. A woman named Yeon-hee (Ha Ji-won) lives in Busan with her boyfriend Man-sik (Sol Kyung-gu) near Haeundae Beach. After Spain's biggest music star accidentally dies during a concert, a fan These were among the challenges that faced director Juan Antonio Bayona and screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez when they decided to put an account of the 2004 tsunami on the screen. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [9][10][11][12], The tsunami was recreated with a mixture of digital effects and real water surges filmed in slow motion created in a water tank in Spain using miniatures that were destroyed by a huge wave. 2012's The Impossible, now on Netflix, is set in the aftermath of the deadly tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean in 2004. The film received positive reviews from critics for its direction and its acting, especially for Watts who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. They help a toddler, Daniel, from the wreckage and are soon found by locals who dress and transfer them to a hospital in the city of Takua Pa. Daniel is separated from them during the journey. While footage of the tsunami strike itself was shot in a water tank at Alicante on the Spanish coast, and a couple of days filming of interiors took place in Spanish studios, the remainder of this picture was shot on location in Thailand using the real places of the story, such as the Orchid Beach Hotel in Phang Nga, and the actual hospital where much of the action occurs.The actual Thai locations and the many Thai actors keep the production values superb, and give this film an authenticity it would not otherwise have. If you have wanderlust, check out our five movie and TV picks to take you on a virtual journey. I personally heard from Thai acquaintances the story of nieces and nephews who excitedly ran to the shore to see the wondrous phenomenon of the receding ocean, only to be swamped by its return. It recounts her family's experience of when the tsunami hit Sri Lanka on Boxing Day 2004. Search for "The Impossible" on Amazon.com, Title: This meant Watts and Holland spent five weeks filming physically and psychologically demanding scenes in a massive water tank. Holland, in his live-action bigscreen debut, is wonderful as a kind, somewhat short-tempered kid who still has plenty to learn, setting the tone for similarly heartrending turns by young Joslin and Pendergast. [22], Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter gave a very positive review, praising the performances of the two leading stars, stating that "Watts packs a huge charge of emotion as the battered, ever-weakening Maria whose tears of pain and fear never appear fake or idealised. The Impossible marks the feature film debut of Tom Holland (who would later portray Spider-Man in the MCU) and mostly received positive reviews upon its initial release. Date 26 décembre 2004 à 7 h 58 min 51 s (heure locale) Bayona's 2012 film chronicles the real-life story of five people who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The mistake is discovered when Lucas cannot identify any of the dead woman's jewelry and he is subsequently reunited with his mother, who had been moved to a private room in the ICU. The film was a co-production of Spanish film companies Apaches Entertainment and Telecinco Cinema, and employed much of the crew from The Orphanage, including the director, writer, production manager, cinematographer, composer, and editor. From a distance, Lucas recognizes his father, and while searching for him in the chaotic crowd outside, Lucas's brothers spot him and they reunite. Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, tsunami that hit the coasts of several countries of South and Southeast Asia in December 2004. Bayona has chosen to focus not so much on the massive power of the tidal wave itself but on the sheer terror and disorientation it must have created for those submerged in it, and upon the human toll it took. At the hospital, Maria encourages Lucas to help others find their family members while she goes into surgery for her chest injuries. Maria and Lucas eventually emerge from the swirling water and find one another, with Maria having sustained serious injuries to her leg and chest. A representative from their insurance company, Zurich Insurance, assures them everything will be taken care of as Lucas sees countless people outside the hospital looking through patient lists. Written by This is the true story of one of those families. This was in response to critics commenting that the film is "overdramatic" and "whitewashed". A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick. [32], Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, List of accolades received by The Impossible, "The Impossible (2012) - Financial Information", "Álmodovar, Bayona make 'ambitious, high-quality European films from Spain, "Summit boards Bayona's English-language debut The Impossible", "INTERVIEW: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, J.A. While out looking, injured and alone, he is picked up by a passer-by and driven to a nearby bus station with other survivors. Although the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has accepted these new numbers, the United States Geological Survey has so far not changed its estimate of 9.1. (For example, those who tell their tales to Ewan McGregor at the bus station are almost all actual survivors.) For such a story, The Impossible is perhaps a more than fitting title, but the film works and gives a view that is both visually impressive and dramatically moving.The Impossible premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2012. While he waits in the hospital, Lucas finds Daniel, who has been reunited with his father. "- MadeUp Magazine.SUBSCRIBE! [15] After a full-length English language trailer was released on 20 August 2012, a United States release date of 21 December 2012 was confirmed by Summit. Now, as the death toll rises rapidly in the aftermath of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the heavily injured mother must summon up the courage to stay alive with her elder son, while, at the same time, a desperate father and his two young kids must do everything in their power to track them down. Karl gives him a piece of paper with the names of his family members. Inspired by true accounts, this HBO miniseries focuses on a group of fictional characters caught up in the harrowing aftermath of the tsunami About the film she added, "The Impossible is one of the most emotionally realistic disaster movies in recent memory – and certainly one of the most frightening in its epic re-creation of the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. [2] The Thai people had just lost everything – homes, businesses, families – yet their instinct was to help the tourists. [5] Filmed between the Ciudad de la Luz studio in Alicante (Spain) and Thailand. While in surgery, Lucas tells his father he has something really important to tell Maria. Séisme et tsunami du 26 décembre 2004 dans l'océan Indien Localisation de l'épicentre du séisme sous-marin et des pays touchés par le tsunami en jaune. [16] It was released on 11 October 2012 in Spain and in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 1 January 2013. Thankfully, Bayona doesn't try. "[27], Simon Jenkins, a British survivor from Portsmouth, wrote to The Guardian, stating the film is "beautifully accurate". The Impossible is the second collaboration between Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor after appearing together in the 2005 film Stay. The Impossible was inspired by the experiences of María Belón, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake with her husband Enrique and three kids (Lucas, Simón and Tomás). The young British actor displays a surprising maturity and delivers a wonderfully measured performance, reminiscent of a younger Daniel Radcliffe. He called it "one of the best films of the year". Ronaldo Ferreira, THE IMPOSSIBLE (2012) The 2004 tsunami was one of the deadliest natural disasters on record. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. Their solution was to deal with one British family on vacation in Thailand from Japan, but their film uses that family as a catalyst to show the tsunami's awful effect not only on the tourist population but on the local people who suffered even more.Both the film itself and the filmmakers have taken pains to say that this is a "true story," and they have aimed for the greatest possible authenticity in the circumstances. The site's critical consensus reads, "The screenplay isn't quite as powerful as the direction or the acting, but with such an astonishing real-life story at its center, The Impossible is never less than compelling. On the plane, Lucas tells his mother that Daniel is safe with his father. The film was released in the United States on 4 January 2013 and was made available by Summit Entertainment through a website streaming the film to members of SAG-AFTRA for consideration of the SAG awards. The following day, the family boards an ambulance airplane to Singapore so Maria may receive further medical treatment. [17], It was released on DVD/Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on Tuesday, 23 April 2013,[18] with a European release 13 May 2013. The trailer for … Bayona committed to working with real water rather than a computer-generated wave because he wanted the story to be authentic. The Parry Brothers are in trouble when a tsunami washes over Colwyn Bay. It will open in Spain on October 11, and go into general release in North America in the last week of December.Ray Lahey. Communication facilities are scarce, but a European tourist named Karl, who has also been separated from his family, lends Henry his cell phone to contact his relatives in England. Despite the bigger names involved, it is his portrayal of Lucas that carries the picture since he is the hub around whom events revolve as the individual stories unfold. 28 wins & 68 nominations. Warner Bros. released the film in Spain on 11 October 2012. The two younger boys are cute as well as being effective, but that is not really a word that suits Tom Holland. The Belon – Alvarez family was in Thailand for their Christmas Holidays, on December 26, 2004, when the unfortunate event took place. "[21], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave a perfect four-star rating, praising the performances of Watts and McGregor, and the direction of Bayona. The United States distribution rights were pre-bought by Summit Entertainment. He also praised the performances, stating that "as Maria, Watts is both brave and vulnerable, and her scenes with the young Lucas (the excellent Tom Holland) are among the film's best, with adult and child now unexpected equals, the mother humbled, the son rising to the challenge. It features an international cast including Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland. 1 with a per-cinema average of $18,134,[29] the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film in Spain. With Hugh Bonneville, Gina McKee, Samrit Machielsen, Grirggiat Punpiputt. Now streaming on Netflix, J.A. While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Henry stays behind to search for Maria and Lucas in the resort's rubble. For the movie, María reportedly worked directly with screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez to ensure the storyline's authenticity. They become a couple literally torn apart, a father having to search among the debris for the remainder of his family and a mother who for much of the picture hovers close to death. Why were Maria and Lucas hit by a second wave coming from the opposite direction to the first wave? "[24], Damon Wise of The Guardian gave the film four stars out of five. In Spain the film was released on 11 October 2012, and opened in 638 cinemas, grossing $11,569,306 on its opening weekend, ranking No. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on. About the film, he added: "Part of the appeal of this affecting and powerful drama is that it puts the viewer right in the moment at every stage, using authentic locations and tsunami survivors to hammer home the reality of this tragedy. It is based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Meanwhile, Henry, Thomas, and Simon have also survived and are together. It features an international cast including Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland. Nor does he pull his punches in some of the grisly scenes that follow. Nearly 230,000 people died, and millions lost everything. How do you tell such a tale in a way that respects both the lost and the survivors, many of whom suffered personal tragedies as well, and more of whom bore the guilt of survival? What's the long, stringy thing Maria pulls out of her mouth when she's vomiting? [13] Holland, aged 14 at the time of filming, later described it as a "scary environment ...You can imagine how tiring and brutal that was."[14]. The Impossible That is a lot to ask of a young actor, but Holland delivers.No one story can ever do justice to the events of that day and the days that followed. 1 and made $5,768,184 with a per-cinema average of $9,098. 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Khao Lak Orchid Beach Resort, Phang Nga, Thailand. 341 of 408 people found this review helpful. This a book by Tracey Lee. Cutremurul din Oceanul Indian din 2004 a fost un seism submarin cu o magnitudine de 9,0 grade pe scara Richter desfășurat în estul Oceanului Indian pe 26 decembrie 2004 (la 00:58 UTC, sau 07:58 ora locală). In their new overseas house, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape from an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed. Because it occurred in the Christmas season and hit many resort area beaches its death toll of almost 250,000 was indiscriminate, taking not only South Asians but many visiting vacationers. "[28], The Impossible was a box office success. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents. McGregor, cut and streaked with excessive blood he seems too distraught to wash away, keeps the tension razor-sharp as he pursues his family in a vast, shattered landscape." Billed as South Korea's first disaster film,[1] the film released theatrically on 22 July 2009 and received more than 11 million admissions nationwide. The family's three sons are played by Tom Holland (Lucas), Samuel Joslin (Thomas) and Oaklee Pendergast (Simon). Henry and Karl search for their families in various places before they arrive at the hospital, where Henry is given five minutes to look. So of course do the survivors who take part, whose emotions are sometimes all too real. 1 and grossed $9,016,065 with a per-cinema average of $14,022. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. People everywhere were affected by it. Weeks later, flying over the Indonesian coastline, I could see with my own eyes just how far inland the wave had rushed, and the devastation it had wrought.How do you frame such a catastrophe in human terms, and present a situation of pure chaos in a way that makes a compelling story? The Impossible, released in 2012, is a movie based on the real-life events that took place during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but the family whose story is depicted is also a real family. "[25], Eric Kohn of IndieWire gave the film a "B-" grade and stated that the film "suffers from the greater problem of emphasising a feel-good plot within the context of mass destruction.
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