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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 2012 film about one family's impossible story during the Boxing Day Tsunami. The English Bennet family are on Christmas holiday in Thailand when the tsunami hits. Mother Maria Bennet, an ex-doctor, is swept out in the tidal wave with oldest son Lucas. Meanwhile, father Henry, by some miracle, manages to survive the wave hitting the hotel, and is there with another group of survivors and the two youngest sons, Thomas and Simon. Maria gains a whole host of nasty infections in a hospital, Henry sets out to find out whether she and Lucas even survived, leaving the two little boys with a group of kids who get taken up to higher ground.The Impossible is based on the real-life events that happened to the Belon family from Spain during the events of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
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Agony of the Feet
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Agony of the Feet: Lucas's brothers get their feet burned when they are forced to walk barefoot across roofs.
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Aloof Big Brother
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Aloof Big Brother: Lucas at the beginning of the film.
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Arc Words: "Close your eyes, and think of something nice."
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Aspect Ratio Switch: The aspect ratio shifts from cinematic 2.31:1 to 16:9 for the footage captured by the family's video camera on the morning of Boxing Day.
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Adaptational Nationality: The family's nationality is changed from Spanish◊ to British (unstated, but the actors speak in British accents and have English name versions of their Real Life counterparts: Enrique is renamed Henry, Tomás is Thomas, etc). This is because Maria Belon wanted Naomi Watts to play her after seeing her in 21 Grams. It sure helped get the movie a larger release and an Academy Award nomination in the big categories (Watts as Main Actress).
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