J. A. Bayona

Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.

A young boy living with his unsympathetic grandmother conjures up a forty-foot-high tree monster to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness.