martedì, gennaio 18, 2005
:: mar adentro - the sea inside ::In this poignant film, we see the real-life story of Ramon Sampedro, a Galician who spent 26 years of his life as a quadriplegic. At 20 he suffered a diving accident which left him unable to move all his limbs, and unable to feel anything except for his face. It left him, as he said: 'no puedo vivir con dignidad' (cannot live with dignity). In every waking moment of the next 26 years, Ramon wished to die with dignity. He engaged the help of a lawyer, Julia to help him campaign for euthanasia. Julia, as it turned out, suffers from Cadasil, a degenerative disease where she would be struck with sudden and multiple strokes, causing her to eventually go blind/become para/quadriplegic or suffer from sth like Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, the campaign failed and euthanasia wasn't legalised. Ramon and Julia made a pact to die together... however, over the next half year, Julia changed her mind. At that time, one of Ramon's friends (or rather, a girl, Rosa, who loved him), decided to help him die. Thus, together with all his friends, they gave him a dose of potassium cyanide and videotaped the entire episode of his 'passing'.
This film is a must-catch. Those who like 'Hable Con Ella' will probably love this just as much, and perhaps more... since Pedro Almodovar is known to be a bit perverse in all his films. This one isn't. When i first saw the trailers, i thought it would be a depressing film... but it wasn't. It was beautifully filmed... all the music, and scenery, the people and the words. Yes, i was most struck by the beauty of the language. By that i don't mean how spanish sounds, but rather, how poetic the words were. ah.... i think i want to get a copy of the dvd. he he... time to go nudge MT towards that direction... heck, he might ALREADY have it! Anyway, the word EUTHANASIA, i believe, wasn't even said/seen in the film. The idea isn't thrown right into your face, but very very subtly introduced. Bardem (Ramon) is one GREAT actor, imagine, he only had his face to express himself! And of course, he had such beautiful, expressive eyes... GO CATCH THE FILM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! It's also spiritually uplifting!
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