The meaning of the film "Voice of the Monster"

 Boy Connor dreams of a monster. He sees him every day in his worst dreams.

Outside his window is a yew tree. It becomes a living being when the boy sleeps. It is the monster from his nightmares. But the monster isn't exactly evil. He is talking to a boy. His stories allow Connor to find strength and fight for a good life. The monster instructs him.

The Voice of the Monster (2016) was directed by Antonio Bayona from Spain. The picture was shot in the fantasy genre. This film is only partially filmed as a fantasy. In general, this is a story about the life of an ordinary boy who has to deal with the hardships that life gives him.

Boy Connor always had terrible dreams. But this one was the worst. He was among the graves. And suddenly I saw my mother. She began to fly somewhere down into the cliff. He wanted to do something to help his mother, but he could not. Connor just grabbed her arm and tried not to let go. At this moment, the boy experienced terrible horror and fear. This is how the film "Monster" begins about what will happen next, the viewer will find out in the following frames.

Outside of his terrible dreams, Connor is just a 12-year-old boy. His parents live separately after the divorce. Connor lives with a mother named Lizzie. She is feeling unwell. Connor takes care of the house. Prepares food, washes the house, keeps clothes clean, and does other household chores. Their father, after a divorce, moved to America and started a new family there. Sometimes only he sees his son.

Boy Connor is now uncommunicative. Teachers who know about it sympathize with him. in what a difficult situation was a very young teenager. The worst thing is that he does not have those nearby who can support him. Pupils who study with him in the same school only mock the child. The mother is getting worse. Connor is torn between two desires. On the one hand, the boy wants his mother to get better. On the other hand, he thinks about what is needed to make everything go faster.

By the way, the film is based on the novel by the writer Shivan Daud. She died of cancer. When she found out about him, she decided to write a novel about a terminally ill woman who lives with her son. After the death of the writer, the case was completed by Patrick Ness.

Lizzie has a mother, Connor's grandmother. She decides that it is better for him to be with her. However, the boy is not going to leave his sick mother and stays with her. Grandma is a tough enough person. This scares Connor away from her. These circumstances lead to the fact that the boy begins to torment various night dreams filled with horror.

The nightmares have a connection with the yew tree that grows near their home. During the boy's illness, the tree turns into a living creature with a disgusting appearance. Connor is afraid of the monster. The incredible happens, the monster starts talking to him. It happens at night. The monster starts a kind of game with the boy. If he tells Connor three stories, then he will tell him his, the fourth.

Now the stories themselves begin. They talk about a prince who decided to kill himself in order to save his country. Another story tells of an Aesculapius who gave people the opportunity to heal, but was too greedy. The third story tells about a church minister who, on the one hand, talked about love for his neighbor, and on the other hand, he simply robbed one doctor to the bone and he could no longer prepare medicines.

The monster talked a lot with the boy. But then Connor began to show incontinence, belligerence. He didn’t like the hall in his grandmother’s house and organized a rout there. Then she attacked her abuser from school and was able to beat him.

Unfortunately, the movie didn't have a happy ending. The boy's mom eventually died. Connor leaves for his grandmother. There he explores his mother's room. Connor's attention was drawn to the album, where there are pictures on which the same yew tree is drawn, and next to it are all the heroes of the monster's stories.

The film is quite complex in terms of the plot. He reveals the problem of loneliness of a person, especially a teenager. At this time, a person is still very vulnerable, therefore it is doubly difficult to endure the trials of life that fall on him. The problem of mother and son, the complexity of their relationship is also touched upon. But the main part of the story is devoted to the confrontation between good and evil.