It is based on the experience of maria belon and her family in the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. She was portrayed in the 2012 film the impossible by naomi. Naomi watts and ewan mcgregor star in the impossible, a film based on the true story of one family who were caught in the deadly indian ocean tsunami. The movie establishes them at the resort as they are having fun. Tsunami drama the impossible is improbably powerful. The story of a tourist family in thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. This is the real family who is reflected in the film the impossible here with the main actors. With naomi watts, ewan mcgregor, tom holland, oaklee pendergast. The spanishlanguage radio interview took place on 26 december 2007 three years to the day after the disaster. A regular family maria naomi watts, henry ewan mcgregor and their three kids travel to thailand to spend christmas. Bayonas the impossible is a truelife disaster movie that opens with a spectacularly harrowing recreation of the mass destruction and death wreaked by the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. During the intense waves, the family gets injured and separated. A 2012 film about one familys impossible story during the boxing day tsunami.
In 2004, a devastating tsunami hits thailand and other countries in the indian ocean, claiming thousands of lives. It was almost impossible for me to watch the impossible. Director juan antonio bayonas the impossible aims to tell one familys story of struggle and survival after the disastrous indian ocean tsunami of 2004. The impossible 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The real family that the main characters are based on are in fact spanish but living in japan at the time of the. Eight years have passed since the tragedy but the impossible is a reminder of how the wave affected so many. It would take five years, but finally, they have brought the familys story to the screen. The english bennet family are on christmas holiday in thailand when the tsunami hits. The tsunami killed 230,000 people in thailand, sri lanka, indonesia and 11 other countries. The scale and speed of the devastation defy comprehension, and no movie could be expected to. She was petrified, alone and convinced she was dying but in a miracle. The rest of the movie is each one of them trying to find each other. Straightforward reallife account of a family of five torn apart by the devastating tsunami that struck thailand in 2004 and their efforts to find each.
True story of the impossible miracle family who inspired. True story of the impossible miracle survival of family who inspired tsunami movie. All i could see was water and two of my boys clinging to the tops of trees. True story of the impossible miracle survival of family who inspired tsunami movie she was petrified, alone and convinced she was dying but in a miracle that inspired the impossible, the mum. Director juan antonio bayonas the impossible aims to tell one family s story of struggle and survival after the disastrous indian ocean tsunami of 2004. The impossible real life tsunami survivor maria belon interview. As intensely concentrated as its title, the impossible is. We meet the family behind tsunami movie the impossible. For sheer volumes sake, there will likely and hopefully never be a larger human tragedy in our lifetime than either the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami and the 2010 haitian earthquake. Creating the tsunami scene in the impossible the new. The impossible, juan antonio bayonas new tsunami flick, begins with a title card informing us that what we are about to witness is a true story of. Moments later the belonalvarez family was swept apart by the torrential force of the indian ocean tsunami of 2004.
As a result of that day, the two forged a connection. The impossible submerges the true impact of the tsunami ja bayonas disaster movie is accomplished, but overlooks the overwhelming majority of the. The actors give edgeofseat performances as their characters weather the 2004 east asian catastrophe in j. The movie, about a family vacationing in thailand when the asian tsunami struck, hit too close to home for this psychologist first responder who was in sri lanka to help after the real disaster and after many other such tragic events. Directed by juan antonio bayona, the impossible describes the tragedy lived by a spanish family of five during their 2004 holiday vacation to thailand, the day an indian ocean tsunami swept in and killed at least 227,898 people and devastated more than 14 countries.
The impossible is a wellproduced, beautifully photographed disaster movie based on. An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. David sztypuljak from uk interviews tsunami survivor maria belon and the actress who plays her in the movie adaptation of her incredible story, naomi watts. In any case, this tense and deeply moving film, based on a true story that occurred during the 2004 indian ocean tsunami, achieves its goals on all. Miracle mum relives 2004 tsunami ordeal which inspired new. The impossible, with naomi watts and ewan mcgregor the. Tsunami survivors impossible story hits the big screen. Based of the movie the impossible which is based of a real family named the belons. For the tsunami destruction scenes, a scaled model of the resort was used. Just watched the film the impossible with my boyfriend and cried the whole way through. Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. The impossible real life tsunami survivor maria belon. Lucas and maria are stranded in the heart of the 2004 tsunami. A family is forced to run for their lives, and for higher ground, after a massive earthquake sends millions of gallons of water rushing inland in the 2004 tsunami.
Mother maria bennet, an exdoctor, is swept out in the tidal wave with oldest son lucas. Lo imposible is a 2012 englishlanguage spanish disaster drama film directed by j. Those are the questions the impossiblea movie based on a real familys impossible struggles during the devastating indian ocean tsunami of 2004asks and answers. The impossible submerges the true impact of the tsunami. Naomi watts on preparing for the impossible video abc news. If anyone knows please comment because its driving me insane not knowing. The impossible submerges the true impact of the tsunami ja bayonas disaster movie is accomplished, but overlooks the overwhelming majority of the 2004 disasters victims published. A familyoffive whose miraculous survival in the boxing day tsunami has been turned into a hollywood film today relived their ordeal as their story prepares to hit the big screen. Spanishborn tomas alvarez belons life changed forever on 26 december 2004, when he was caught up in the tragedy of the indian ocean tsunami. The impossible is beautifully accurate, writes tsunami. She was severely injured in the tsunami and nearly died. Indeed, real life mum maria advised on the movie and became close friends with naomi watts. The impossible details the accounts of the belon family, masked as the bennetts, as they survive the tsunami and piece their family together through happenstance and. A scene from the impossible where a tsunami wave hits a beach resort in thailand.