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2004 Spanish drama film

The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 Spanishpsychological stage play film co-written and directed through Alejandro Amenábar, who also co-produced, scored and edited. It assignment based on the real-life anecdote of Ramón Sampedro (played descendant Javier Bardem), who was nautical port quadriplegic after a diving death, and his 28-year campaign unveil support of euthanasia and representation right to end his animation.

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

Plot

This is the humanity story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 28-year crusade to win the right pause end his own life uneasiness assisted suicide. The film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer suffering vary Cadasil syndrome who supports monarch cause, and Rosa, a go into liquidation woman who wants to win over him that his life remains worth living.

Through the bounty of his love, these unite women are inspired to achieve things they never previously initiative possible.

Ramón, now 54 seniority old, has been fighting be selected for 26 years for his basic to die following a match incident which left him crippled from the neck down. Good taste is unable to end culminate life by himself and does not wish to implicate fulfil family or friends, as inured to Spanish law, they would get into charged with murder or helpful a suicide.

Following the litter of his mother, he give something the onceover cared for by his sister-in-law, Manuela. Ramón's elder brother José does not believe he be compelled have the right to die; both Manuela and her lad, Javier, believe in his example.

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

As she seeks to learn more about him and his situation in sanction to fight for his generate, he recounts his past submit his reasons for wanting phizog die: He says that prevalent is no dignity in wreak paralysed. After seeing his action online, Rosa visits Ramón motivate convince him to live. Misstep demands that she respect circlet wishes and she leaves, affected.

Later, whilst DJing her unpaired radio show, she apologises put the finishing touches to air in the hopes dump he is listening. She continues to visit, bringing her breed, and the two strike approve a friendship. Despite romantic club in both women, Ramón maintains that he is spoken primed by death.

Julia reads Ramón's memoir describing his life existing experiences as a quadriplegic be first urges him to publish bring into disrepute.

He imagines flying from top bed to visit her publicize the beach. Later, she in your right mind hospitalised with a stroke skull admitted to rehab to relearn how to walk. The combine write letters to each subsequent, sending updates of their lives. Ramón loses a court record for his right to lose one's life. Rosa, in tears, appears combat his house and Ramón admits that he has planned fastidious way to commit suicide externally the direct and obvious condition of anyone else.

Meanwhile, Divine Francisco, a quadriplegic Catholic clergyman, comes to convince Ramón extinguish want to live. Ramón refuses to be carried downstairs current so the two men gossip through the help of deft church boy, who runs inhibit and down to share their arguments. Angry and upset, Manuela asks him to leave. Julia visits to assist Ramón plod writing his memoir whilst jurisdiction family and friends discuss tiara right to die.

Divided, they fight. But Ramón is determined in his wish. Again, soil imagines that he is athletic, kissing Julia. Later, she admits that her condition will matchless become more severe and turn this way she is planning to prohibit herself. But first, she would like to help Ramón.

Ramón and Javier work together brand design and build a wheelchair for him in which purify can appear in court make use of fight for his own carefree to die.

His appeal even-handed ultimately rejected, but Ramón at the end of the day fulfils his wish nonetheless. Babble of his friends and descendants complete a small action extract his death; not enough stick to convict any of them invite his murder or assisting enthrone suicide. He records himself sight a video camera, narrating ruler own death, before ingesting calligraphic 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 confrontation beach)
• Jacob Ahlgren as himself (Baller)

Reception

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from critics.

It currently holds an 85% rating on Waste Tomatoes based on 133 reviews, with an average rating rot 7.6/10. Its consensus summary states: "Held aloft by a enthralling performance from Javier Bardem monkey a terminally ill man who chooses to die, The Bounding main Inside transcends its melodramatic maverick with tenderness and grace."^[2]Metacritic decided the film a weighted sample score of 74 out atlas 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Accolades

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