The Sea Inside (2004), Spanish Directed by Alejandro Amenabar
Starring Javier Bardem (Ramon Sampedro), Belen Rueda (Julia), Lola Duenas (Rosa)
Patrick and myself were at the theatre at FINAS just the other night, sitting amongst the crowd, getting ready to watch a feature film, for the first time (for me), at that place. When I found out that it was from the same director who did Abrelos Oros (Open Your Eyes) and The Others, I was already feeling the excitement for I was really impressed with the structure, the way the story unfolds and the turn of events in Opens Your 
Eyes (which was later been picked up by Hollywood and turned into a movie that starred Tom Cruise, called Vanilla Sky). The Sea Inside tells a story of a poet, who is bedridden and is fighting for a meaningful cause, a cause to end his life with dignity. In his journey in doing so, he met Julia, a lawyer who is willing to help him in his pursue of ending his life, and Rosa, a local woman with two children, who visits him out of a chance meeting and starts to slowly harbour secret feelings for him. The film is poignant in its story telling, truthful in its portrayal of a man in agony yet full of hopes and spirit, beautiful in its visuals and images, and sensitive in its ability to capture moments of feelings of characters/ human condition at those times of difficulty and predicament. The writing/ screenplay is so beautifully poetic yet sad at the same time. All actors were absolutely great in their performances. This is a film that has to be seen and to be felt in order to truly enjoy the openness of it all. It cuts right into the heart and soul of the question and the meaning of our simple existence in this life. 
To Roman, a life is without any meaning if all he could see about the whole world is just a view through his bedroom window and a small television. A film that matters and definitely a film I would recommend, anytime, to anyone.
Eyes (which was later been picked up by Hollywood and turned into a movie that starred Tom Cruise, called Vanilla Sky). The Sea Inside tells a story of a poet, who is bedridden and is fighting for a meaningful cause, a cause to end his life with dignity. In his journey in doing so, he met Julia, a lawyer who is willing to help him in his pursue of ending his life, and Rosa, a local woman with two children, who visits him out of a chance meeting and starts to slowly harbour secret feelings for him. The film is poignant in its story telling, truthful in its portrayal of a man in agony yet full of hopes and spirit, beautiful in its visuals and images, and sensitive in its ability to capture moments of feelings of characters/ human condition at those times of difficulty and predicament. The writing/ screenplay is so beautifully poetic yet sad at the same time. All actors were absolutely great in their performances. This is a film that has to be seen and to be felt in order to truly enjoy the openness of it all. It cuts right into the heart and soul of the question and the meaning of our simple existence in this life. 
To Roman, a life is without any meaning if all he could see about the whole world is just a view through his bedroom window and a small television. A film that matters and definitely a film I would recommend, anytime, to anyone.
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