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A Monster Calls

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Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.

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Other Authors: Ness, Patrick, 1971- (Screenwriter), Bayona, J. A. (Juan Antonio) (Film director), Atienza, Belén (Film producer), MacDougall, Lewis (Actor), Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- (Actor), Jones, Felicity (Actor), Kebbell, Toby (Actor), Neeson, Liam (Actor), Faura, Óscar (director of photography.), Vilaplana, Bernat (Editor of moving image work), Martí, Jaume, 1975- (Editor of moving image work), Velázquez, Fernando, 1976- (composer (expression)), Dowd, Siobhan (Contributor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Spanish
French
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2017]
Subjects:
Monsters > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Drama.
Grandmothers > Drama.
Schools > Drama.
Single-parent families > Drama.
England > Drama.
Fantasy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Summary:Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
Item Description:Based on the children's novel by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd.
Widescreen.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Described video; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
Audience:Rating: PG-13; for thematic content and some scary images.

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