Biutiful
Biutiful is a 2010 psychological drama film directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Javier Bardem. The project marks González Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish language since his debut feature Amores perros (2000). Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro (who make up the "Three Amigos" with González Iñárritu in the film industry) serve as associate producers. The film follows Uxbal, a criminal and father who becomes diagnosed with prostate cancer and seeks to settle various things around his life before he dies. The title is in reference to the phonetic spelling in Spanish of the English word beautiful.
Plot
Uxbal lives in a shabby apartment in Barcelona with his two young children, Ana and Mateo. He is separated from their mother Marambra, an alcoholic prostitute with bipolar disorder. Having grown up an orphan, Uxbal has no family other than his brother Tito, who works in the construction business (and sometimes solicits Marambra's services). Uxbal earns a living by procuring work for a group of Chinese illegal immigrants who make forged designer goods which a group of African street vendors then sell. He also works as a medium to the dead, passing on messages from the recently deceased at wakes and funerals. When he is diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, leaving him with only a few months to live, his world progressively falls apart.
More details
author | Alejandro González Iñárritu Armando Bó Nicolás Giacobone |
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contentLocation | Barcelona |
director | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
editor | Stephen Mirrione |
events | cancer dysfunctional family guilt paranormal ability parenthood socially marginalized group underground economy |
genre | action drama |
keywords | alcoholic alternative healer alternative medicine arrest bipolar disorder bribe chemotherapy construction site draw francoist spain heaven human trafficker human trafficking illegal immigrant out of work pass poison prostate cancer senegal snowy winter landscape street vendor |
musicBy | Gustavo Santaolalla |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
producer | Alejandro González Iñárritu Fernando Bovaira Jon Kilik |
productionCompany | Menage Atroz Mod Producciones |
publisher | Videocine |
recordedAt | Barcelona Spain Terrassa |
theme | psychological drama |