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The Sea Inside

Mar adentro

2004

Alejandro Amenábar

Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera ...

7.2

102,614

Drama Ramon Sampedro has been laid up in bed for thirty years, being taken care of by his family. His bedroom window is his only window to the world, overlooking the sea he so often sailed; that sea where he suffered the accident that curtailed his youth. Since then, his only wish has been to bring his life to a dignified end. His world is turned upside down by the arrival of two women: Julia, the lawyer who supports him in his struggle to ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	" Amenabar is a master at orchestrating mood (...) A tour de force for Bardem (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The film fails to convey the claustrophobic terror experienced by a man who called his book "Letters From Hell." (...) The Sea Inside" presents a teasing paradox. Unambiguously pro-euthanasia on one hand, it shows how Ramón, bedridden and unable to move, infused many of those around him with a charged sense of life's possibility. (...) Mr. Bardem (...) creates a complicated male character, volatile and witty, with a poet's soul."
		Carla Meyer SFGATE	"The Sea Inside" tackles the issue of assisted suicide without being didactic. Instead it's moving, romantic, dreamlike, flawlessly acted"
		Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times	"One of the most profound and uplifting dramas of the year."
		Jonathan Holland Variety	"Buoyed by a diamond-plated script, fine production values and a majestic neck-up performance by Javier Bardem, "Sea" is a dramatic triumph."
		Nelson Pressley The Washington Post	"'The Sea Inside' is largely what its title suggests: placid and rather attractive on the surface, with depths you can sense but which are never fully plumbed."
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Amenabar maintains a low-key approach that preserves the film's emotional integrity while still making a powerful statement."

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