based on a true story

his film is in great hands considering that writer and director J.A. Bayona is no stranger to fantastic tales of survival having also directed The Impossible (2012), which documents the events of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Though he handles the material with a considerable amount of sensitivity for real-life counterparts of his characters, Bayona also does not shy away from the brutality and horrific reality of what these individuals underwent.