I like this kind of stories. What can be more terrifying on a big screen than a tsunami? Snakes on a plane? Oh, please, give me break – I'm sure you're going to love this movie!
After all, we have Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts on board and a great title – The Impossible. Check out the first teaser trailer to see why this project deserves your full attention!
Guys from TwitchFilm translated the intertitles:
“On December 26, 2004, a devastating tsunami hit the coast of Southeast Asia. The lives of thousands of families around the world changed forever. This is the true story of one of these families.”
The Impossible is the English-language debut of Juan Antonio Bayona who you probably remember from The Orphanage project.
An official synopsis part goes like this:
Watts and McGregor star as Maria and Henry who, together with their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise. One day, as the family relaxes around the pool, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth.
As Maria freezes in fear, a huge wall of black water races across the hotel grounds toward her. Henry tries to protect the two youngest boys, but it's too late: the wave smashes into him with incredible force and dislodges his grip. Maria is pushed underwater, where she is crushed and battered by debris to the brink of death.
She finally surfaces in a raging black sea, which has completely submerged her three-story hotel and the surrounding landscape. Maria gasps for breath while she tries to understand what has just happened, convinced that her family has been obliterated in the blink of an eye. But then, her eldest son, surfaces a few meters ahead in the wild flood. Face-to-face with something unexpected and incomprehensible, she must fight against all odds for her child's survival. And her own.
What do you think?
