Biutiful
- Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Writer: Alejandro González Iñárritu; Armando Bo
- Producer: Fernando Bovaira; Alfonso Cuarón
CGiii Comment
Barcelona at its bleakest.
Bardem's immaculate performance saves the film from an unrelenting despair - devoid of dignity and humanity where shreds of decency manage to slip through the void.
There are moments of utter genius and heartbreak.
Inarritu took 14 months to edit the film - he should have edited less, took more out and it may have been a masterpiece - difficult viewing.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Cast & Characters
Javier Bardem as Uxbal;
Maricel Alvarez as Marambra;
Hanaa Bouchaib as Maramba;
Guillermo Estrella as Mateo;
Eduard Fernandez as Tito;
Cheikh Ndiaye as Ekweme;
Diaryatou Daff as Ige;
Cheng Tai Shen as Hai;
Luo Jin as Liwei; George
Chibuikwem Chukwuma as Samuel;
Lang Sofia Lin as Li;
Yodian Yang as Chino Obeso;
Tuo Lin as Barman Bar Hai;
Xueheng Chen as Chino Bodega;
Xiaoyan Zhang as Jung