TIFF 2016: J.A. Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' is a Rapturous Experience

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Confronting the real world through imagination is at the heart of the new fantasy film A Monster Calls, the new visual feast from Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona (of the films The Orphanage, The Impossible previously). Bayona, along with screenwriter Patrick Ness (adapting his own novel), have taken the fairly mundane story of a child coming-of-age and given it a colorful makeover mixing excitement and real-world heartache. The story is about Conor O’Malley (played by Lewis MacDougall, also seen in Pan) who is only 12 years old but he’s already dealing with adult problems involving his family and his life at school. ›››

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