Biutiful R
You don't choose your family. We all belong to somebody, but to belong to Uxbal and Marambra, is both a blessing and a curse.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 27 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 31, 2011
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Javier Bardem, Eduard Fernández, Cheng Taishen, Diarytou Daff & Maricel Alvarez | |
Directed by | Alejandro González Iñárritu | |
Screenwriting by | Nicolas Giacobone, Alejandro González Iñárritu & Armando Bo | |
Composition by | Gustavo Santaolalla | |
Story by | Alejandro González Iñárritu | |
Director of Photography: | Rodrigo Prieto |
Entertainment Reviews:
4 stars out of 5 -- [F]erocious filmmaking, directed with lyrical austerity and played with conviction.
Total Film
Rating: 3/4 --
Watch Bardem here -- his eyes speak heart-rending volumes.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 1/5 --
Javier Bardem was Oscar-nominated for his performance and the film got a nod for best foreign-language film, but don't let that fool you; it's a stodgy, self-important slog.
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The Age (Australia)
Iñárritu's trademark interwoven plots have one thread too many here, but this shattering experience-earthbound and fraught with the afterlife-is worth every undying minute.
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Newsday
[Bardem] combines muscular, charismatic physicality with an almost delicate sensitivity...
New York Times
Iñárritu is a filmmaker drawn to dark, layered tales. His collaboration with the soulful Bardem is an inspired one.
USA Today
[I]t's a gorgeous, melancholy tone poem about love, fatherhood and guilt....Some scenes are absolutely wrenching to behold.
Hollywood Reporter
Product Description:
A man tries to reconcile his desire to be good with his lawless ways in this dark drama from Mexican auteur Alejandro González Iñárritu. Uxbal (Javier Bardem) is a man with a bright side and a dark side. Uxbal is a caring father who is strong but affectionate toward his two children, Ana (Hanaa Bouchaib) and Mateo (Guillermo Estrella), and he struggles to maintain a healthy relationship with their mother, Marambra (Maricel Álvarez), despite her problems with alcohol and instability. But Uxbal is also a criminal who oversees a small underground empire alongside fellow crime boss Hai (Taisheng Cheng) and Uxbal's impulsive brother, Tito (Eduard Fernández). Uxbal's dealings range from drugs to construction, but unlike his partners in crime, he tries to treat those around him with dignity even as he trades in human misery. Uxbal's precarious world begins to collapse when he's diagnosed with a serious illness and told he has only a few weeks left to live; he tries to put his affairs in order in the time he has left, but realizes that few around him have any sense of responsibility. BIUTIFUL receives its world premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
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- Sales Rank: 48,927
- UPC: 012236114000
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