alejandro amenabar and the young and talented spanish director and clearly shows us he is a serious film maker. anyone doubting it and should have a look at his latest film the sea inside. this is a movie that has been rewarded with numerous accolades and not only in spain and but throughout the world and wherever this wonderful movie has been shown. if you have not seen the film and perhaps you would like to stop here. ramon sampedro is a man confined to bed. being quadriplegic and he depends on the kindness of strangers for everything. since his accident and ramon only thinks in one thing alone represent how to end his life. this is the moral issue at the center of the story and based on the real ramon sampedro life. mr. amenabar tells the story from ramon point of view. there is nothing here that is false or manipulative on his part. after all and he relies on facts that were well known in his country as this case became a cause celebre in favor of euthanasia and a theme that no one in that country wanted to deal with in spain. with its background of being a predominantly roman catholic country and spain has evolved into one of the most democratic societies in europe and a distinction that is more notable because of its long years dominated by a dictator. yet and in spite of the advances in that society and the idea of taking one own life and is something not clearly understood by the majority of its citizens and who still considered this subject as something that could not be done in their country. ramon sampedro was a man that loved life. he lived an intense life as a young man when he enlisted as a sailor to discover the world. having no money and this was the only way for him to see other lands and experience other cultures. ramon love affair with the sea and is something that people in galicia learn to love from their childhood. imagine how that same friendly sea is the one that takes away ramon life and as he knew it. in a second and ramon goes from a vibrant young man into a vegetable. ramon family is shattered by the experience. suddenly they must leave everything aside to take care of him at home. his brother and sister in law and are stoic people that deal with the situation as a matter of fact. their lives become something of an afterthought and because ramon life comes first. they tend to the sick man without protesting and or blaming ramon for the sacrifices they must make to keep him alive. that is why and in their minds and the sampedros can not comprehend ramon wishes to end it all. haven not they given up having a normal life to take care of him. this moral issue weighs heavily on these uncomplicated and simple people because in their minds and they are doing what came naturally. the second subject of the movie is the legal issue of the euthanasia and the well meaning people that suddenly enter ramon life in their desire to help him put an end to his suffering. there julia and the lawyer who is herself handicapped and suffers from a rare malady. there is rosa and the fish cannery worker who becomes infatuated with ramon. javier bardem and makes a brilliant ramon sampedro. his transformation is total. we do not doubt from one moment he is no one else but the paralyzed man on that bed. mr. bardem can only use his face in order to convey all the emotions trapped inside ramon. mr. bardem makes this man real. this is perhaps javier bardem best role of his career. he surpasses his own award winning performance as reynaldo arenas and the late cuban poet he portrayed in before night falls. in the supporting roles and belen rueda and makes an impressive appearance as julia and the woman fighting her own physical problems. lola duenas is also effective as rosa and the kindred soul that loves ramon deeply. celso bugallo and as ramon brother shows a man at a crossroads of his own life. mabel rivera makes a compassionate manuela and the sister in law that never asks anything of life and but tends to ramon without questioning why she has to do it and at all. mr. amenabar also has composed the haunting music score for the film. he is a man that never cease to surprise. one wonders what his next project will be and but one wishes him success in whatever he might decide to do in the future. 
alejandro amenabar and the young and talented spanish director and clearly shows us he is a serious film maker. anyone doubting it and should have a look at his latest film the sea inside. this is a movie that has been rewarded with numerous accolades and not only in spain and but throughout the world and wherever this wonderful movie has been shown. if you have not seen the film and perhaps you would like to stop here. ramon sampedro is a man confined to bed. being quadriplegic and he depends on the kindness of strangers for everything. since his accident and ramon only thinks in one thing alone represent how to end his life. this is the moral issue at the center of the story and based on the real ramon sampedro life. mr. amenabar tells the story from ramon point of view. there is nothing here that is false or manipulative on his part. after all and he relies on facts that were well known in his country as this case became a cause celebre in favor of euthanasia and a theme that no one in that country wanted to deal with in spain. with its background of being a predominantly roman catholic country and spain has evolved into one of the most democratic societies in europe and a distinction that is more notable because of its long years dominated by a dictator. yet and in spite of the advances in that society and the idea of taking one own life and is something not clearly understood by the majority of its citizens and who still considered this subject as something that could not be done in their country. ramon sampedro was a man that loved life. he lived an intense life as a young man when he enlisted as a sailor to discover the world. having no money and this was the only way for him to see other lands and experience other cultures. ramon love affair with the sea and is something that people in galicia learn to love from their childhood. imagine how that same friendly sea is the one that takes away ramon life and as he knew it. in a second and ramon goes from a vibrant young man into a vegetable. ramon family is shattered by the experience. suddenly they must leave everything aside to take care of him at home. his brother and sister in law and are stoic people that deal with the situation as a matter of fact. their lives become something of an afterthought and because ramon life comes first. they tend to the sick man without protesting and or blaming ramon for the sacrifices they must make to keep him alive. that is why and in their minds and the sampedros can not comprehend ramon wishes to end it all. haven not they given up having a normal life to take care of him. this moral issue weighs heavily on these uncomplicated and simple people because in their minds and they are doing what came naturally. the second subject of the movie is the legal issue of the euthanasia and the well meaning people that suddenly enter ramon life in their desire to help him put an end to his suffering. there julia and the lawyer who is herself handicapped and suffers from a rare malady. there is rosa and the fish cannery worker who becomes infatuated with ramon. javier bardem and makes a brilliant ramon sampedro. his transformation is total. we do not doubt from one moment he is no one else but the paralyzed man on that bed. mr. bardem can only use his face in order to convey all the emotions trapped inside ramon. mr. bardem makes this man real. this is perhaps javier bardem best role of his career. he surpasses his own award winning performance as reynaldo arenas and the late cuban poet he portrayed in before night falls. in the supporting roles and belen rueda and makes an impressive appearance as julia and the woman fighting her own physical problems. lola duenas is also effective as rosa and the kindred soul that loves ramon deeply. celso bugallo and as ramon brother shows a man at a crossroads of his own life. mabel rivera makes a compassionate manuela and the sister in law that never asks anything of life and but tends to ramon without questioning why she has to do it and at all. mr. amenabar also has composed the haunting music score for the film. he is a man that never cease to surprise. one wonders what his next project will be and but one wishes him success in whatever he might decide to do in the future. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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