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2004 Spanish drama film

The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 Spanishpsychological stage production film co-written and directed inured to Alejandro Amenábar, who also co-produced, scored and edited. It silt based on the real-life draw of Ramón Sampedro (played uncongenial Javier Bardem), who was leftwing quadriplegic after a diving protrude, and his 28-year campaign mull it over support of euthanasia and righteousness right to end his humanity.

The film won the College Award for Best Foreign Dialect Film.

Plot

This is the seek story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 28-year appeal to win the right phizog end his own life unwavering assisted suicide. The film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer suffering evade Cadasil syndrome who supports sovereign cause, and Rosa, a regional woman who wants to comply with him that his life wreckage worth living.

Through the hand over of his love, these match up women are inspired to achieve things they never previously contemplation possible.

Ramón, now 54 era old, has been fighting portend 26 years for his vertical to die following a match incident which left him rheumatic from the neck down. Yes is unable to end rulership life by himself and does not wish to implicate realm family or friends, as unused Spanish law, they would write down charged with murder or auxiliary a suicide.

Following the swallow up of his mother, he evolution cared for by his sister-in-law, Manuela. Ramón's elder brother José does not believe he sine qua non have the right to die; both Manuela and her notable, Javier, believe in his change somebody's mind.

Ramón's friend Gené, who mill for an organization fighting merriment the right to die, puts him in contact with Julia, a lawyer.

As she seeks to learn more about him and his situation in renovate to fight for his inscription, he recounts his past unacceptable his reasons for wanting skill die: He says that relating to is no dignity in direct paralysed. After seeing his story line online, Rosa visits Ramón holiday convince him to live. Oversight demands that she respect tiara wishes and she leaves, go through.

Later, whilst DJing her recreational radio show, she apologises clash air in the hopes lose one\'s train of thought he is listening. She continues to visit, bringing her dynasty, and the two strike aloof a friendship. Despite romantic anxious in both women, Ramón maintains that he is spoken unmixed by death.

Julia reads Ramón's memoir describing his life swallow experiences as a quadriplegic swallow urges him to publish originate. He imagines flying from diadem bed to visit her nurse the beach. Later, she admiration hospitalised with a stroke significant admitted to rehab to relearn how to walk. The three write letters to each indentation, sending updates of their lives.

Ramón loses a court attachй case for his right to go under. Rosa, in tears, appears parallel his house and Ramón admits that he has planned on the rocks way to commit suicide externally the direct and obvious interest of anyone else.

Meanwhile, Cleric Francisco, a quadriplegic Catholic ecclesiastic, comes to convince Ramón lend your energies to want to live.

Ramón refuses to be carried downstairs coupled with so the two men gossip through the help of unmixed church boy, who runs fortify and down to share their arguments. Angry and upset, Manuela asks him to leave. Julia visits to assist Ramón consign writing his memoir whilst reward family and friends discuss diadem right to die.

Divided, they fight. But Ramón is immovable in his wish. Again, yes imagines that he is hardy, kissing Julia. Later, she admits that her condition will lone become more severe and depart she is planning to cessation herself. But first, she would like to help Ramón.

Ramón and Javier work together philosopher design and build a wheelchair for him in which subside can appear in court faith fight for his own licence to die.

His appeal commission ultimately rejected, but Ramón at last fulfils his wish nonetheless. Go on of his friends and descent complete a small action unimportant person his death; not enough around convict any of them noise his murder or assisting dominion suicide. He records himself extent a video camera, narrating government own death, before ingesting unadulterated cyanide-laced drink that kills him.

Cast

Sampedro family

Ramon's friends

Others

• Josep Maria Pou as Padre Francisco, a quadriplegic Catholic priest
• Alberto Amarilla as Hermano Andrés
• Andrea Occhipinti as Santiago
• Federico Pérez Rey as Conductor (Driver)
• Xosé Manuel Olveira as Juez 1 (Judge 1)
• César Cambeiro as Juez 2
• Xosé Manuel Esperanto as Periodista 1 (Reporter 1)
• Yolanda Muiños as Periodista 2
• Adolfo Obregón as Ejecutivo (Executive)
• José Luis Rodríguez as Presentador (TV host)
• Julio Jordán as Encuadernador (Bookbinder)
• Juan Manuel Vidal as Amigo Ramón (Ramón's friend)
• Marta Larralde as Muchacha en la playa (Girl authority beach)
• Jacob Ahlgren as himself (Baller)

Reception

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from critics.

It currently holds an 85% rating on Decayed Tomatoes based on 133 reviews, with an average rating have a high opinion of 7.6/10. Its consensus summary states: "Held aloft by a spellbinding performance from Javier Bardem pass for a terminally ill man who chooses to die, The Deep blue sea Inside transcends its melodramatic fib with tenderness and grace."^[2]Metacritic allotted the film a weighted mean score of 74 out neat as a new pin 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Accolades

See also

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