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un monstre em ve a veure | 2016



A monster calls, the movie directed by J.A Bayona that talks about us.Yes, about us, about our inner I and, especially, the fears that we have and those fears that, sometimes, we don't know how to master. 

The protagonist, Conor, is a boy that lives in a world with practically no support. His parents ara divorciated, he suffers from bullying at school and her mother has cancer. Despite that, he tries to live his life as a boy of his age. 

However, every night, Conor has a dream and always wakes uo at the same moment, at the same time. We do not know how the dream ends, and he seems like either. 

Nevertheless, this story, that combines reality, fiction, aquarelas and dreams (or nightmares) is a metaphor of what we do not want the world to know about us, because we think it isn't correct or ethic or even a metaphor of those things we don't even face ourselves. 

It is a novel, a poem and film, all in one.

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[CAT] Un monstre em ve a veure, la pel·lícula de J.A Bayona parla de nosaltres, Sí, de nosaltres, del nostre jo interior i, especialment, de les pors que tenim i que, a vegades, no sabem dominar. 

El protagonista, Conor, es veu sol en un món on pràcticament tothom li gira la cara. Els seus pares estan separats, pateix "bullying" a l'escola i la seva mare te càncer. Enfront a tot això, ell intenta portar una vida el més adequada possible per un noi de la seva edat. 

Cada nit, però, te un somni i es desperta sempre en el mateix moment precís i a la mateixa hora. No sabem com acaba el somni, i ell, sembla que tampoc. No obstant, aquesta història que combina ficció, realitat, aquarel·les i somnis o malsons, no deixa de ser una metàfora del que no volem mostrar al món, potser perquè creiem que no seria correcte, o el que és més, del que no volem afrontar nosaltres mateixos. 

És una novel·la, poema i pel·lícula, tot en un. 

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[ESP] Un monstruo viene a verme, la pelicula de J.A Bayona habla de nosotros. Si, de nosoros, de nuestro yo interior i, especialmente, de los miedos que tenemos i que, a veces, no sabemos dominar. 


El protagonista, Conor, se ve como un chico solo en un mundo donde todo el mundo le gira la espalda. Sus padres están separados, sufre acoso escolar y su madre tiene càncer. Frente a todo esto, el intenta llevar una vida de lo más acorde para un chico de su edad. 

Cada noche, sin embargo, tiene un sueño y se despierta siempre en el mismo momento preciso y a la misma hora. No sabemos como acaba el sueño, y parece que él tampoco. No obstante, esta historia que combina ficción. realidad, aquarelas y sueños (o pesadillas), no deja de ser una metáfora de lo que no queremos mostrat al mundo, o lo que es más, de lo que no queremos afrontar nosotros mismos. 

Es una  novela, poema y película, todo en uno





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