Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

129 min · Destiny, Drama, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film

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Directors

Stephen Daldry

Cast

Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Max von Sydow, Zoe Caldwell, John Goodman, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright

The story

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is autistic and lives in New York City with his parents Linda and Thomas Schell. He is close to his father, who stimulates him with missions to hunt for clues to New York City's "lost Sixth Borough". The tasks he is given force him to explore his surroundings and communicate with others, which is not easy for him.

Catalogue themes and tags

2000s, Anschlag, Broken Family, Brooklyn, Central Park, Child searches for Father, Childhood, Children, Familie, Family Secrets, Geheimnisse, Grandmother Grandson Relationship, Ground Zero, Identity, Invention, Inventor, Jewelry, Key, Loss of Father, Mother Son Relationship, Music Instrument, New Friends, Nine Eleven, OAP, Queens, Research, Schmuckdesigner, Single Mother, Son searches for Father, Sterben, Tears, Telephonbuch, Terrorismus, Terroristen, Trauma, Tränen, Twin Towers, Walkie-Talkie, der Tod, großmutter, sadness, vater, vater-sohn, Mystery, Drama, Adventure

Genres

Destiny, Drama, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film

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