The Sea Inside

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The Sea Inside
Image:Mar adentro poster.jpg Mar adentro movie poster
Directed by	Alejandro Amenábar
Produced by	Alejandro Amenábar
Written by	Alejandro Amenábar Mateo Gil
Starring	Javier Bardem Belén Rueda Lola Dueñas Mabel Rivera Celso Bugallo Clara Segura Joan Dalmau Alberto Jiménez Tamar Novas
Distributed by	Fine Line Features (US)
Release date(s)	3 September, 2004 17 December, 2004 (limited) 11 February, 2005 21 April, 2005
Running time	125 min
Language	Spanish Galician Catalan
Budget	~ €10,000,000
IMDb profile

The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 film by the Spanish/Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar. It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem), a Spanish fisherman left quadriplegic after a diving accident who fought a 28-year campaign in support of euthanasia and his right to end his own life. The Sea Inside has been praised for its realistic and accurate display of the Galician people, languages and landscape.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Production 2 Cast 2.1 Sampedro family 2.2 Ramon's friends 2.3 Others 3 Awards 4 External links

Production

The Sea Inside was 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.

Cast

Sampedro family

• Javier Bardem: Ramón Sampedro
• Celso Bugallo: José Sampedro, his brother
• Mabel Rivera: Manuela Sampedro, José's wife and Ramón's caregiver
• Tamar Novas: Javier Sampedro, their son
• Joan Dalmau: Joaquín, Ramón and José's father

Ramon's friends

• Belén Rueda: Julia
• Alberto Jiménez: Germán, her husband
• Lola Dueñas: Rosa
• Nicolás Fernández Luna: Cristian, Rosa's elder son
• Raúl Lavisier: Samuel, her younger son
• Clara Segura: Gené
• Francesc Garrido: Marc, her husband

Others

• José María Pou: Padre Francisco, also a paraplegic
• Alberto Amarilla: Hermano Andrés
• Andrea Occhipinti: Santiago
• Federico Pérez Rey: Conductor (Driver)
• Xosé Manuel Olveira 'Pico': Juez 1 (Judge 1)
• César Cambeiro: Juez 2
• Xosé Manuel Esperante: Periodista 1 (Reporter 1)
• Yolanda Muiños: Periodista 2
• Adolfo Obregón: Ejecutivo (Executive)
• José Luis Rodríguez: Presentador (TV presenter)
• Julio Jordán: Encuadernador (Publisher)
• Juan Manuel Vidal: Amigo Ramón (Ramón's friend)
• Marta Larralde: Muchacha en la playa (Girl on beach)

Awards

Academy Awards record
1. Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Awards record
1. Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside 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.

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