Movie
A Monster Calls
Overview
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-10-07
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Adventure, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- River Road Entertainment, Participant, Apaches Films, La Trini, A Monster Calls, Telecinco Cinema
- Country
- Spain, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lewis MacDougall as Conor
- Sigourney Weaver as Grandma
- Felicity Jones as Mum
- Toby Kebbell as Dad
- Ben Moor as Mr. Clark
- James Melville as Harry
- Oliver Steer as Sully
- Dominic Boyle as Anton
- Jennifer Lim as Miss Kwan
- Max Gabbay as Steven
- Joe Curtis as Peter
- Morgan Symes as Lawyer
Crew
- J. A. Bayona - Director
- Patrick Ness - Screenplay
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