Movie Name Mar
adentro
Released December 17th, 2004 (NY/LA)
Genre Biopic
Runtime 125 min
Rating PG-13
Director(s) Alejandro Amenábar
Producer(s) Alejandro Amenábar
Writer(s) Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Distribution Fine Line Features (US)
Budget €10,000,000
U.S. Box Office $2,086,345
Country Spain, France, Italy
Language Spanish, Catalan, Galician.
Mar adentro Plot
Mar adentro Plot
Mar adentro (English title: The Sea Inside) is a 2004 film by the
Chilean-Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar, written by Mateo Gil and
Amenábar. Amenábar also produced and edited the film and composed the
music, with the help of Galician musician Carlos Núñez.
The film, based on real-life events, stars Javier Bardem as Ramón
Sampedro, a Galician fisherman left quadriplegic after a diving accident
who fought a 30-year campaign in support of euthanasia and his right to
end his own life. "Mar Adentro" has also been praised for its realistic
and accurate display of the Galician people, language and landscape,
something that stands the film out of what is normally the case in
Spanish-speaking movies.
Mar adentro won the 2004 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2004
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and 14 Goya Awards
including awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Lead Actor, Best
Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best
Original Screenplay.
