'The Sea Inside': Javier Bardem and director Alejandro Amenábar. 'The Sea Inside': Outstanding supporting cast help to lift flawed Right to Die drama Alejandro Amenábar's The Sea Inside often verges on melodrama, featuring as its centerpiece a showy performance by Javier Bardem as a tetraplegic man eager to end his life “with dignity.” Its not inconsiderable flaws notwithstanding – including a simplistic “right to die” debate – this real-life-inspired drama is in and of itself both compelling and touching enough to merit a look; but what makes The Sea Inside a must-see are the superb performances of those in Bardem's periphery. The story revolves around Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem), a middle-aged man who has been bed-ridden and dependent on the care of others since a diving accident in his early 20s. (Hence the original Spanish title “Into the Sea.”) Yearning for freedom from his mostly immobile body,...
- 8/23/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
This is the Pure Movies review of Julia's Eyes, directed by Guillem Morales and starring Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui, Francesc Orella, Joan Dalmau and Boris Ruiz. When Salvador Dali and director Luis Buñuel teamed up to create short film Un Chien Andalo they included the now-infamous eyeball-slitting scene, a wince-inducing moment. Since that surrealist moment in 1929, the threat eyeball of torture has been used on-screen make us cringe and squirm in varying ways. Films like Day of the Triffids and Blindness remind us how vulnerable the human body is, and present the horrific implications of a world without sight. The latest production from Guillem del Toro adds itself to this disparate canon of ‘films about sight’. In Julia’s Eyes, the eyes really do have it. If the thought of eyeballs coming into contact with any dangerous substance, blade or needle fills you with abject horror, then this...
- 9/17/2011
- by Natalie Peck
- Pure Movies
Mar Adentro / The Sea Inside (2004) Direction: Alejandro Amenábar Screenplay: Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil Cast: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Joan Dalmau, Tamar Novas, Clara Segura Oscar Movies, European Film Award Movies Recommended with Reservations Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, The Sea Inside Alejandro Amenábar's The Sea Inside often verges on melodrama and features as its centerpiece Javier Bardem's much too showy performance as tetraplegic man eager to end his life "with dignity." But despite its not inconsiderable flaws, this real-life-inspired drama is both compelling and touching enough to merit a look. The story revolves around Ramón Sampedro (Bardem), a middle-aged man who has been bed-ridden and dependent on the care of others since a diving accident in his early 20s. (Hence the original Spanish title "Into the Sea.") Yearning for freedom from his mostly immobile body, Sampedro hires an attorney (Belén Rueda) to...
- 2/21/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
MADRID -- David Trueba's "Salamina Soldiers" will represent Spain for a best foreign-language film nomination in the run-up to the Oscars, the Spanish Film Academy announced Wednesday. "Soldiers", which screened at the Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section, stars Ariadna Gil, Ramon Fontsere, Maria Botto, Diego Luna and Joan Dalmau. The drama set during the final days of the Spanish Civil War explores the story of Rafael Sanchez Mazas, the only survivor of a mass execution.
- 10/1/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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