Lo imposible

A truly horrible film, it must be said. I have a strange friend who’s now been to see it three times, and whilst I wouldn’t recommend it as a “MUST SEE THAT AGAIN” film, it’s certainly worth a watch. One watch. 

The film follows a family (a real Spanish family although the family in the film speak English with English accents and live in Japan?) who decide to go to Thailand for Christmas. Their relaxing family holiday rapidly becomes a nightmare when their holiday resort is devastated by the monumental wave which struck the south east Asian coastline in 2004 in what is now known as the “Boxing Day Tsunami”. Whilst it would be false to say that we are not shown the horror of the wave upon impact, the majority of the film follows the family in their desperate search to be reunited.

I won’t go on and spoil the rest of the film for you all, but it’s certainly not one for the faint-hearted. There is also some shockingly bad acting, which could be a result of various dodgy accents, which I imagine was done in order to create a film which can be adapted to an international audience. Besides the acting, some critics have also questioned the morality of the film: is it right that the box office should profit so greatly from an event which devastated the lives of so many? That I can’t answer, but I would say that it did open my eyes somewhat to the brutality of what happened.

Lo Imposible is, owing to its Spanish director, so far only available to see in Spain, so you should make the most of being able to preview a film set to be an international hit before the rest of the world. And if you don’t fancy braving the dubbed Spanish version, Cine Ideal offers the “original” English version (outrageous or what?) and is just a five minute walk from Inhispania’s school on Montera. 

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