The Impossible (Lo Imposible)

Hello all! 

Today I am here with my opinion about last film I have seen: The Impossible. I know it's not in my TBW, but it was aired on TV recently. It's a spanish film, but it surprised me a lot.

Title: The Impossible (2012)
Genre: Drama. Disaster film. Based on a true story. Family relationships.
Country: Spain.
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona.
Screenwriters: Sergio G. Sánchez. (Original story: María Belón).
Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Geraldine Chaplin, Oaklee Perdergast, etc.
Music: Fernando Velázquez.
Awards:

• 2012: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Naomi Watts)
• 2012: Golden Globes: Nominated to Best Actress Drama (Naomi Watts)
• 2012: 5 Goya Awards: including Best Director. 14 nominations
• 2012: National Board of Review (NBR): Best New Actor (Tom Holland)
• 2012: Critics Choice Awards: 2 nominations
• 2012: San Sebastian Film Festival: Official Selection (Out of Competition)
• 2012: Chicago Film Critics Awards. 2 Nominations 2013: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Naomi Watts)

Plot: 

December 2004. The lives of María (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three small children who are spending their quiet holidays in Thailand turn into a nightmare when a huge tsunami engulfs the grounds of their hotel.

Trailer:  

 This is a very hard story. A hard film and, above all, it's real. Remember the tsunami in Thailand in December 2004? You probably remember from the news. This is the film of a spanish family and what they had to go trough the nightmare of the tsunami.

The film starts showing us the relationship between the family. This is important because it will not be the same at the end of the story.

They were in the hotel and, suddenly, the wave came. All the physical wounds, the desperation of not finding your family, the hell that their trip became.

This film shows you with almost every detail how is to live that. People never imagine, people do not care their lives until something happens, and we all should learn from them. It encourages you, and it tells you how cruel can all be. I was watching the film and I was feeling awful only imaging how bad was the situation.

I have to make an appointment regarding to María. She was the most hurt character. The strongest one, with her wounds, trying to survive for their little children and family. And she will never forget.
They will all even have not the same relationship.

A very hard movie, but I recommend it 100%. You will not forget.

I give it a 9/10!

And my congratulations to the director, Spanish movies are rising at last.

Let me know you opinion. Have you seen this film? What do you think? How did you feel when you watched it?

See you later!

Best wishes,
Cat.