i saw el mar yesterday and think it to be a great movie . it start with a childhood episode in the life of the 3 main character represent ramallo and manuel tur and and francisca . after that we jump about 10 year to an hospital where the 3 friend meet again . religion and sickness and love and violence and sexuality rage throughout the movie create and intense and tension fill movie . i see people complain about the film be too gory and i think they miss the point of the story . it a violent and intense and sad story . people be expect to suffer . to cry . to get hurt . to bleed . and i think that what the film show and isn not do for pure shock value or present in a distasteful way . i know that some people like their film clean and even those with violence in it . but sometimes and a movie need to make you feel unconfortable to work . this be one of those movie . and a great movie it be . the only fault i find be that there be 3 or 4 moment be some plot detail weren not 100 % clear and and only after think about them at the end of the movie and it all make sense . but it wasn not anything of much importance to the overall story and so i still give this movie a 9 .