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The impossible

 

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona

Country: Thailand

The impossible is a drama movie based on a true story about a family who lives th terrible tsunami during the winter of 2004 in Thailand. Directed by Juan Bayona, the cast includes Naomi Watts as María Bennet, the mother family, Ewan McGregor as Henry Bennet, her husband and their children Tom Holland, Caklee Pendergast, and Samuel Juslin as Lucas, Simon ans Thomas Bennet.

The story begins when the Bennets travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. Unfortunately, on December 26, the family is relaxing at the pool when the sea becomes in a massive and violent wall of black water that invades the hotel. Underwater, María is beaten by debris to take her to the edge of death. Lucas, her eldest son is the one who accompanies her and take care of her at the time, also he assumes the responsibility to find his father and his two brothers.

The film is full of strong emotions, the special effects and images displayed during the disaster are shocking and amazing. The actors transmit the pain, suffering and excitement at the right time and in the best way, emphasizing the performance of Lucas which is great.

We would recommend this movie because the audience can feel new emotions and they could create conscience about the powerful of the nature. You shouldn’t miss it!  

Physical and emotional description of Maria

Maria was a beautiful woman, with white skin, blond hair and blue eyes, was tall and thin, alert, like any mother, for the welfare of their children. Her gaze reflected the love for his family and the joy she had by being in Thailand spending the Christmas holidays, she looked relaxed and calm. But these feelings only lasted until December 26, 2004, when the tsunami hit Thailand. After the disaster, Maria was seriously injured and his body beaten. She not only looked bad, his internal organs were also injured in the disaster, his lungs were full of water, of plants that had swallowed, and some debris had become embedded in his body. In addition, she had broken her heart, because even though she was lucky to have found one of their children in the chaos, she was nowhere near the rest of his family and this helped her to die. However, Maria was lucky, after being found by a tribe who helped him get to the center of attention, so I was very grateful to them. In addition, Maria was the great motivation of his son, who helped others affected by the request of his mother. Maria was about to die, but the hope of seeing again her family together, kept her alive until she was transferred to a hospital in Singapore

Biography

Maria Bennet, a woman who was thirty-nine, was enjoying a book by the pool at a hotel in Thailand, while her three children, Luke, who was 10 years old, Thomas, who was 8, and Simon, who was 5 years, they were bathing in the pool. Mary was a doctor, but now was not exercising her career because she was completely dedicated to his family. She and her husband, Henry Bennet, were spending the Christmas holidays, but they were living in Japan, because the work of Henry demanded them to travel and move continuously. They had spent the previous day unwrapping gifts, but in just minutes their lives changed forever. They heard a horrible and loud noise. Moments later, the Bennet family was swept away by the torrential force of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. When Mary was being dragged through the water, he found his eldest son Lucas. They helped each other to survive until they were found by the natives who saw to it that Mary went to the hospital with his eldest son. Later, three children and Henry finally met and they went to join Maria who was rushed to a general hospital in Singapore.

Scene from the film:

There were many bugs in the place where some of the victims of the tsunami were, some wounded lay on stretchers dirty and shabby, few doctors and few nurses passed through the halls. Lucas was sitting next to his mother who was dirty, had torn clothes, had deep wounds and bandages all over her body; her eyes were also beaten and had a worn and tired appearance. Mary woke up and saw a man who entered through a door, this man was desperately shouting the name of Francesca, and then Mary coughed and woke Lucas. She said to the boy that he had to look around; he had to go to help people because he knew how to do. Lucas asked her what he should do and she answered him that whatever he could do. He asked her with afraid to leave her, if she would be fine and she promised that she would not move from there. Lucas was walking down the hall, was looking for the wounded and looked back at his mother, who had an expression of pain and fear. Lucas found a Swedish man, who looked just like everyone else, and who was desperate to find his family, the Swede showed the child a picture of his family and Lucas said him that would do what he could. Lucas was all over the place with a piece of paper and a pen, looking for the family of the Mr. Then another man who was lying on a stretcher asked him to help find his son. Lucas was writing down all the names of people who had to look. He was all over the place and more women and men with different languages asked him for help to find their families. Finally, after a long search, Luke found the son of the lord of Sweden, who was bloodied and wounded, lying on a stretcher, Lucas said him that he knew his father and he would carry to his dad to his bed, but the boy tried to stand up twice and Lucas said him that he could not move because the lord was far away and that he had to rest, Lucas hugged happily to the child and quickly ran to where the man was. When he arrived, he looked at him and the Mr. knew he had found his son. Once the boy and his father were together again, Lucas saw through a window, how they embraced with great joy. Lucas went.

Biography :

Director

Bayona was born in Barcelona. He grew up with a passion for films. This fervor first lead him to become a journalist; later, it motivated him to study directing at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia. During the 1993 Sitges Film Festival in Spain, Bayona met director Guillermo Del Toro, who was presenting his film Cronos. Following his graduation from ESCAC, Bayona started his career directing commercials and pop videos for famous Spanish musical groups.

In 2004, Bayona met Sergio G. Sánchez who was working on his short film 7337 and offered Bayona his script for The Orphanage. In order to create the film as he wanted, Bayona had to double both the film's budget and the amount of filming time. To accomplish this, Bayona received help from fellow film director Guillermo del Toro who offered to co-produce the film as soon as he learned about it. The Orphanage earned Bayona the award for Best New Director at the 2008 Goya Awards in Spain. Bayona was one of the many candidates to direct The Twilight Saga: Eclipse but was not chosen and not interested in making the film.

In May 2009, Variety reported that Bayona would again work with screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez, on The Impossible, a film by Madrid-based Apaches Entertainment, Telecinco Cinema, and Spongeman, Bayona's own Barcelona-based label.[ Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to The Impossible, which starred Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. The Impossible was based on a true story that took place during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.



Naomi Ellen Watts.

Naomi was born 28 September 1968. She is a British-Australian actress and film producer. She began her career in Australia, making her screen debut in the drama film For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in the television series Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991) and Home and Away (1991) and alongside Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Flirting (1991). After moving to America, Watts appeared in films, including Tank Girl (1995), Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) and Dangerous Beauty (1998) and had the lead role in the television series Sleepwalkers (1997–1998).

In 2012, Watts starred in The Impossible, a disaster drama based on the true story of María Belón and her family's experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, with Watts playing the lead role. The film received very positive reviews, with critics praising Watts' performance. Watts went on to be nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

Opinion:

The impossible is a movie that have so many learnings about what is The life . You think so many things about what is the real life ¡ about your family, about the things that you have . When you see this movie you understand the real problema that happened in the tsunami of tailand . I think that this movie is one of the best movie that show the problems of the life that some one can have in a situations like this.

Glossary

1.      Wonder 2.      Countless 3.      Deadliest 4.      Brave 5.      Hung up 6.      cupboard. 7.      Bleeding 8.      Bossy 9.      Bumped 10.  Reef 11.  Shelter 12.  Toughest 13.  Wound 14. Strength

1.      Maravilla 2.      incontable 3.      más letal 4.      Valiente 5.      colgó 6.      alacena. 7.      Sangrado 8.      mandón 9.      Golpeado 10.  arrecife 11.  abrigo 12.  más resistente 13.  herida 14.  fuerza

1.       “I wonder who it takes off that.” 2.       “The lives of countless families all over the world changed forever” 3.       “ On December 26th, 2004, the deadliest tsunami on record  hit the South East Coast of Asia” 4.       “I was a brave kid mom but I was scared.” 5.       “Hung up that tree, that tree over there”

Line time:

24 December 2004: The Bennets family travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. Mary Bennets is excited and eager to be in a beautiful place with her entire family.

25 December 2004: María, her husband and their children wake up to open gifts Christmas, spend all day on the beach and enjoy their family trip.

26 December 2004: All the family is going to spend the day at the pool, while Maria is reading a book, her husband and their children play. After a few seconds, the hotel is under water and everything is destroyed, a tsunami swept through Thailand and surroundings. Moments later, Maria finds her son Lucas, they spend the day trying to survive and Maria is taken to a hospital. Henry finds Simon and Thomas. That night Henry leaves his two younger children in the care of strange people, while he goes to find his wife and Lucas.

27 December 2004: That day, by some miracle, Lucas finds his father and two brothers. They will find to Mary, who is operated to keep her alive.

28 December 2004: The nightmare of the Bennets family is over, María was carried to Singapore to give her better health care.

SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FILM...
1. why do you think the selected scene is motivating?
2. what are the qualities of Maria Bennet to be a motivating character.
3. Do you think the Bennet family is a motivation example? Why?
4. What is the difference between Maria and the other characters?
5. Can you doi the same as Maria in this terrible situation?
6. what did you do in a similar situation? do you think you have all the perseverance and faith to found your family?