The Sea Inside

Name: The Sea Inside
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-09-03
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Joan Dalmau, Josep Maria Pou

Sensitive Drama About a Polemic Theme

Mar adentro (2004)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

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Release date

2004-09-03

Country

France, Italy, Spain, United States

Production

TVE, Canal+, Eurimages, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Sogecine, Fine Line Features, Sogepaq, Ministerio de Cultura, TVG, Himenóptero, Eyescreen S.r.l., Filmanova, UGC

Genre

Drama

Budget

$12 806 000

Revenue

$43 731 621

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Director

Alejandro Amenábar

Actors

Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Joan Dalmau, Josep Maria Pou, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura, Alberto Jiménez, Tamar Novas
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Scenario

Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil

Producer

Fernando Bovaira, Alejandro Amenábar

Operator

Javier Aguirresarobe

Composer

Alejandro Amenábar

Artist

Benjamín Fernández, Alejandro Fernández

Audition

Luis San Narciso

Editing

Alejandro Amenábar
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Short description

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

What's left behind the scenes

Javier Bardem tried to remain motionless even between takes on set.
The film's title comes from lines in a poem of the same name, written by the main character and included in his book "Letters from Hell" (Cartas desde el Infierno).
In the episode where Ramon and his nephew are watching football, the commentator names three players – Karpin, Michel Salgado, and Mauro Silva. It is clear that the Galician derby between "Deportivo" and "Celta" is on television. Moreover, all three were on the field together only once before Ramon's death – on October 25, 1997 (the 8th round of the 97/98 Spanish Championship), so talk of winning the championship ("only second place" in the original) was out of the question at that time. Although different surnames of former "Deportivo" players are mentioned in the Russian dub, they are not in the original version, and furthermore, all of them played for this team only in the 2000s.
In the scene where Ramón and his nephew are watching football, the commentator names three players – Karpin, Michel Salgado, and Mauro Silva. It is evident that the televised match is the Galician derby between Deportivo and Celta. Moreover, all three were on the field together only once during Ramón's lifetime – on October 25, 1997 (the 8th round of the 1997/98 Spanish Championship), so talk of winning the championship (or “only second place” in the original) was impossible at that time. Although the Russian dubbing mentions the names of other former Deportivo players, they are not present in the original version, and all of them played for the team only in the 2000s.