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The imagery was then applied to the movie's production. I felt the tug. Can they throw it to the ocean. He is hungry. Very hungry. The Impossible's family reunion scene is especially moving, as Watts' character wonders upon seeing her family after the disaster if she might actually be dead.

Yell it louder. Did you get on the same wave as I did? Tomas with his chubby cheeks and tear-streaked face is at his side.

He has scratches and blood. The director says the tsunami survivors he met provided him with "a filter of truth" which helped him choose "the right way" to tell the story.

He trusted his cast with "a lot of improvisation" and filmed key scenes unscripted. Ewan McGregor, who plays Henry, says his 16 years of real-life parenting experience helped him with the role.

But it certainly…deepens it somehow," says McGregor. It's a unique love. We don't have that kind of love for any other people in the world," he adds. The real-life mother that inspired this Hollywood tear-jerker says she wanted to people to understand what it is like "to be alive".

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He was present in Thailand during the tsunami, his experiences mirroring those portrayed in the film The Impossible. When the Guardian's David Cox wrote about the film this week, highlighting its "whitewashing" of events as did Alex von Tunzelmann's Reel History blog , Simon took issue with some of the points raised, posting them in this comment.

We asked him to expand. I must admit that when I heard a film about the Asian tsunami was being made, I was hesitant about going to see it. I was on holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand, in with a group of friends and their families staying in some shoreline villas. When the first wave struck on Boxing Day, I was little more than 20 metres from the sea and was rapidly swept inland, propelled by the force and strength of the water.

My girlfriend and I decided to go and see the film on its release date. Since the tsunami, I've never been hesitant to talk about it, or describe it to someone who asks, and was not therefore worried that it would unearth some suppressed memories.

I had no real expectations about the film, but walked out of the cinema with an overriding sense of satisfaction. I was so pleased that The Impossible had been made.