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Mood:
- ContemplativeEmotionalSincereTouchingCaptivatingThought Provoking
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- Dedicated LawyerFighting the SystemHuman SpiritFriendshipDestinyMercy KillingInjusticeDisability more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s90s
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- EuropeSpainIndoors
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- BiographyBased on True Story
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Sea Inside, 2004
Spanish, Catalan, Galician
Spain, France, Italy
Profile of The Sea Inside
The Sea Inside can be described as thought provoking, emotional, and contemplative. The plot revolves around a mercy killing, disabilities, and destiny. The main genres are drama, foreign, and period. In approach, The Sea Inside is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, indoors. The Sea Inside is located in Spain. It takes place in the 1960s and in the 1990s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. The Sea Inside has received attention for being a Golden Globe winner, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Sea Inside
Javier Bardem gives a remarkable, unforgettable performance in Alejandro Amenabar's gripping drama about dying with dignity, The Sea Inside. Thirty-five-year-old Bardem plays 55-year-old Ramon Sampedro, a Galician who broke his neck as a young man and has spent more than a quarter of a century as a quadriplegic, confined to bed. Reflecting on his past and considering his future, he chooses to die, petitioning the courts for permission to be euthanized. His radical decision sets off controversy throughout Spain--as well as in his own house, where his family and friends all have different opinions on the fate he has chosen. While Ramon's father (Alberto Gimenez) and brother (Celso Bugallo) refuse to help him die, and his nephew, Javi (Tamar Novas), tries to understand his uncle's decision, Ramon is surrounded by women who virtually fight over him--Rosa (Lola Duenas), a single mother of two who visits him to talk about her difficult life; Manuela (Mabel Rivera), his sister-in-law who takes care of his daily needs; Gene (Clara Segura), who works for the Death with Dignity organization; and Julia (Belen Rueda, in a powerful film debut), a married lawyer with a secret of her own. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, The Sea Inside is a special film with marvelous acting, a strong soundtrack, a moving story, and an enchanting visual style that features poetic shots of the countryside as Ramon dreams he can fly.
Details
| Language: | Spanish, Catalan, Galician |
| Country: | Spain, France, Italy |
| Release date: | 14 November 2004 |
| Runtime: | 125 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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