The Impossible (2012)

Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.

Resumen de la trama

Diciembre del año 2004. María (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) y sus tres hijos pequeños vuelan desde Japón a Tailandia para pasar sus vacaciones de Navidad descansando en la playa. Una mañana, mientras se encuentran todos en la piscina del complejo a orillas del mar, un tremendo tsunami destroza el hotel al mismo tiempo que gran parte de la costa del sudeste asiático. Las vidas de millones de personas cambiaron para siempre. Esta es la historia de esta familia...

Sinopsis ampliada

A regular family - Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them? Written by Ronaldo Ferreira

A British family on Christmas holiday at a beach resort in Thailand is torn apart when a deadly tsunami devastates the area. The film follows the seriously wounded Maria and her eldest son Lucas as they struggle to safety, not knowing whether Maria's husband and their two younger sons are dead or alive. Written by Peter Brandt Nielsen