The Sea Inside, the new film by Alejandro Amenábar

[Fernando]

Mar Adentro (Out to sea)

Official site in spanish only.

Trailer spanish only.

Release Date
TBA - Apparently an American distributor already bought the rights for distribution in the US for six million dlls. The film is released in spain september 3rd, 2004.

Director
Alejandro Amenábar (The Others, Open Your Eyes)

Screenwriters
Alejandro Amenábar
Mateo Gil

Cast
Javier Bardem (Ramón Sampedro)
He's done Before the Night Falls in which he was nominated for an oscar, he'll also will be seen in Collateral.

Plot Outline
The real-life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

[Finn]

Looks like he's taking a step back from his usually thriller, surprising-ending films

[MacGuffin]

Amenabar's 'Mar Adentro' Makes Waves at Venice Fest

The story of a man who fought for the right to die after an accident paralyzed him divided Spain for 30 years and inspired Alejandro Amenabar's latest film "Mar Adentro" ("Out to Sea").

The movie starring Javier Bardem is screening at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. It was greeted with enthusiastic applause at a preview showing for the press, giving it an early lead in the competition for the Golden Lion.

The movie tells the fictionalized story of Ramon Sampedro, a Galician sailor who was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident at the age of 25. He campaigned for the next three decades for the right to die then took his own life.

Sampedro became an international symbol for those who advocated euthanasia.

"I read Ramon Sampedro's book a few years ago and I don't know if it was because it was about death, or if it was the way he expressed himself, but I was absolutely enthralled," Amenabar said of Sampedro's "Letters from Hell."

"Ramon's story was definitely worth being told," he said.

Amenabar directed Nicole Kidman in the Gothic ghost story "The Others" so he is no stranger to stories about death.

For "Mar Adentro," he returned to Spanish-speaking film and convinced Bardem, Spain's most sought-after actor, to join him although he is only 35 and Sampedro is in his 50s in the film.

Bardem, who was named best actor at the Venice Film Festival in 2000 for his role as a gay Cuban poet in "Before Night Falls," endured five-hour makeup sessions every day to lose most of his hair and gain wrinkles for the part.

In most scenes he was inert and confined to a bed.

"It certainly was an enormous physical challenge," Bardem said in the production notes. "I could only move my neck, my head and my eyes. Imagine that for someone like me, who always draws so heavily on the physical side of characters."

The movie's release has been eagerly awaited in Spain, but overshadowed in recent days by publicity surrounding Amenabar's announcement that he is gay.

[ElPandaRoyal]

The movie's release has been eagerly awaited in Spain, but overshadowed in recent days by publicity surrounding Amenabar's announcement that he is gay.

Ahahahah  

[sickfins]

glug glug glug

[MacGuffin]

Amenabar Hopes His Film Prompts Euthanasia Debate

Spanish film director Alejandro Amenabar said on Friday he hoped his latest movie "Mar Adentro," tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, reopened the debate on euthanasia in Spain.

The film, starring Spain's sought-after actor Javier Bardem, depicts the story of a man who fought for the right to die after a swimming accident paralyzed him from the neck down.

Ramon Sampedro's case, fictionalized in Amenabar's film, divided public opinion in Catholic Spain for 30 years and became an international symbol for those who advocated euthanasia.

"If the debate is reopened, that is fantastic," Amenabar told a news conference in Madrid. "What appealed to me was the human side of this story: Ramon Sampedro's charisma and his sense of humor; the reflections on life and death."

"In the middle of that is the topic of euthanasia ... The film invites one to think 'why not talk about this issue?"' the director said.

"I think the debate should be opened, whether it's because of this film or not."

Euthanasia is illegal in Spain, although it is permitted in other European countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Spain's Socialist government has pledged a raft of liberal social legislation since taking office in April -- including gay marriage -- but euthanasia has not featured. Its agenda has angered the powerful Catholic Church.

Amenabar, who previously directed Nicole Kidman in the Gothic ghost story "The Others" played down talk he might clinch Venice's coveted Golden Lion top prize when the festival closes on Saturday.

"We felt the film was very well received there, but we are calm," he said. "When you receive prizes one has to celebrate them but if you do not, that is no problem."

[MacGuffin]

It seems the title is now "The Sea Inside" to avoid confusion with sickfins's said movie.

Trailer here.

[Pubrick]

It seems the title is now "The Sea Inside" to avoid confusion with sickfins's said movie.

and also, i would imagine, cos it's a much more accurate translation.

out to sea was almost the opposite.

[Ghostboy]

Javier Bardem is absolutely outstanding in this. Of course, you wouldn't really expect anything less from him, but still, it's amazing what he manages to do.

I really appreciated how this film didn't a.) try to tell his whole life story and b.) didn't devolve into a courtroom drama and c.) didn't come down on either side of a very complicated issue. It may make you cry. It will almost definitely spark some serious conversation amongst filmgoers.

[cron]

a reminder that this movie will be released, here's the trailer in quicktime:

http://www.mar-adentro.com/trailer.html

this is going to be released next friday and i'm very thrilled

here's a crappy translation of  the poem in the trailer :

"THE SEA INSIDE"
(By Ramon Sampedro)

The sea inside,
the sea inside.

And in the weightlessness of the bottom
where the dreams are fulfilled
two wills join
to fulfill a desire.

A kiss ignites the life
with a lightning and a thunderclap
and in a metamorphosis
my body is not my body anymore,
is like penetrating to the center of the universe.

The childiest of hugs
and the purest  of kisses
until seeing us reduced
in one desire.

Your glance and my glance
like an echo repeating, without words
'deeper', 'deeper'
until beyond the whole
by the blood and the bones.

But I always wake up
and always I want to be dead,
to follow with my mouth
entangled in your hair.

"MAR ADENTRO" (Por Ramón Sampedro)

Mar adentro,
mar adentro.

Y en la ingravidez del fondo
donde se cumplen los sueños
se juntan dos voluntades
para cumplir un deseo.

Un beso enciende la vida
con un relámpago y un trueno
y en una metamorfosis
mi cuerpo no es ya mi cuerpo,
es como penetrar al centro del universo.

El abrazo más pueril
y el más puro de los besos
hasta vernos reducidos
en un único deseo.

Tu mirada y mi mirada
como un eco repitiendo, sin palabras
'más adentro', 'más adentro'
hasta el más allá del todo
por la sangre y por los huesos.

Pero me despierto siempre
y siempre quiero estar muerto,
para seguir con mi boca
enredada en tus cabellos.

[Pubrick]

stop saying OUT TO SEA!

[cron]

hehe, sorry

anywho, after i posted what i  posted i noticed that the first trailer is also in quicktime, but i needed an excuse to caught your attentions.

[Jeremy Blackman]

I almost accidentally saw Beyond the Sea.

[rustinglass]

and also, i would imagine, cos it's a much more accurate translation.

out to sea was almost the opposite.

actually "into the sea" or "inside the sea" is what it is. "out to sea" would be the best translation, because it is, I think, the correct expression in english.
"the sea inside" has absolutely nothing to do with mar adentro, it's just a word-by-word translation. I'm not even sure what it means, that there is a sea inside of the guy?

[Pubrick]

yeah man. The Sea Inside IS a word for word translation like Love's a Bitch was the best english translation Amores Perros could have. Out to Sea is almost the opposite, scratch that IS the opposite of Mar Adentro. besides ur portuguese so what would u know   ,

seriously tho, i will stick to Sea Inside. or like "i'm totally living in the sea inside which is my soul which is endless, which is the internal life that all dead ppl discover, and which i want to explore hence i want to die and live in it, in the Sea Inside, yeah"

that's what i'll be using till the day i die of euthenasia.