The Sea Inside

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The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro)
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 ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving accident who fought a 28-year campaign in support of euthanasia and his right to end his own life.

1 Cast
2 Awards
3 External links

[edit] Cast

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Awards

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.

Academy Awards:
- Best Foreign Language Film (winner)
- Best Achievement in Makeup (Jo Allen and Manolo García, nominee)
Broadcast Film Critics Association:
- Best Actor (Javier Bardem, nominee)
- Best Foreign Language Film (winner)
Cinema Writers Circle:
- Best Actor (Javier Bardem, winner)
- Best Cinematography (Javier Aguirresarobe, winner)
- Best Director (Alejandro Amenábar, nominee)
- Best Editing (Alejandro Amenábar, nominee)
- Best Film (nominee)
- Best New Artist (Belén Rueda, winner)
- Best Score (Alejandro Amenábar)
- Best Screenplay - Original (Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil, nominee)
- Best Supporting Actor (Celso Bugallo, nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress (Lola Dueñas, winner)
- Best Supporting Actress (Mabel Rivera, nominee)
César Awards:
- Best Foreign Film (nominee)
European Film Awards:
- Best Actor (Javier Bardem, winner)
- Best Cinematographer (Javier Aguirresarobe, nominee)
- Best Director (Alejandro Amenábar, winner)
- Best Film (nominee)
- Best Screenwriter (Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil, nominee)
Film Critics Circle of Australia:
- Best Foreign Language Film (winner)
Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (Javier Bardem, nominee)
- Best Foreign Language Film (winner)
Goya Awards:
- Best Actor (Javier Bardem, winner)
- Best Actress (Lola Dueñas, winner)
- Best Cinematography (Javier Aguirresarobe, winner)
- Best Director (Alejandro Amenábar, winner)
- Best Film (winner)
- Best Hair and Makeup (Jo Allen, Ana López Puigcerver, Mara Collazo, Manolo García, winner)
- Best New Actor (Tamar Novas, winner)
- Best New Actress (Belén Rueda, winner)
- Best Original Score (Alejandro Amenábar, winner)
- Best Production Design (Benjamín Fernández, nominee)
- Best Production Supervision (Emiliano Otegui, winner)
- Best Screenplay - Original (Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil, winner)
- Best Sound (Juan Ferro, Alfonso Raposo, María Steinberg, Ricardo Steinberg, winner)
- Best Supporting Actor (Celso Bugallo, winner)
- Best Supporting Actress (Mabel Rivera, winner)
Independent Spirit Awards:
- Best Foreign Film (winner)
London Film Critics Circle:
- Best Foreign Language Film (nominee)
National Board of Review:
- Best Foreign Language Film (nominee)
San Diego Film Critics Society:
- Best Foreign Language Film (nominee)
Sant Jordi Awards:
- Best Film (Alejandro Amenábar, nominee)
- Best Spanish Actor (Javier Bardem, nominee)
- Best Spanish Actress (Mabel Rivera, nominee)
Satellite Awards:
- Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (Javier Bardem, nominee)
- Best Foreign Film (winner)
Spanish Music Awards:
- Best Score (Alejandro Amenábar, winner)
Venice Film Festival:
- Grand Special Jury Prize (Alejandro Amenábar, winner)
- Golden Lion (nominee)
- Volpi Cup Best Actor (Javier Bardem, winner)
- Best International Film (winner)
World Soundtrack Awards:
- Best Original Soundtrack of the Year (Alejandro Amenábar, nominee)

[edit] External links

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Awards
Preceded by Take My Eyes	Goya Award for Best Picture 2005	Succeeded by The Secret Life of Words
Preceded by The Barbarian Invasions Canada	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2004	Succeeded by Tsotsi South Africa
Preceded by Osama Afghanistan	Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film 2005	Succeeded by Paradise Now Palestine