alejandro amenabar and the young and talented spanish director and clearly show u he be a serious film maker . anyone doubt it and should have a look at his late film the sea inside . this be a movie that have be reward with numerous accolade and not only in spain and but throughout the world and wherever this wonderful movie have be show . if you have not see the film and perhaps you would like to stop here . ramon sampedro be a man confine to bed . be quadriplegic and he depend on the kindness of stranger for everything . since his accident and ramon only think in one thing alone represent how to end his life . this be the moral issue at the center of the story and base on the real ramon sampedro life . mr. amenabar tell the story from ramon point of view . there be nothing here that be false or manipulative on his part . after all and he rely on fact that be well know in his country a this case become a cause celebre in favor of euthanasia and a theme that no one in that country want to deal with in spain . with it background of be a predominantly roman catholic country and spain have evolve into one of the most democratic society in europe and a distinction that be more notable because of it long year dominate by a dictator . yet and in spite of the advance in that society and the idea of take one own life and be something not clearly understand by the majority of it citizen and who still consider this subject a something that could not be do in their country . ramon sampedro be a man that love life . he live an intense life a a young man when he enlist a a sailor to discover the world . have no money and this be the only way for him to see other land and experience other culture . ramon love affair with the sea and be something that people in galicia learn to love from their childhood . imagine how that same friendly sea be the one that take away ramon life and a he know it . in a second and ramon go from a vibrant young man into a vegetable . ramon family be shatter by the experience . suddenly they must leave everything aside to take care of him at home . his brother and sister in law and be stoic people that deal with the situation a a matter of fact . their life become something of an afterthought and because ramon life come first . they tend to the sick man without protest and or blame ramon for the sacrifice they must make to keep him alive . that be why and in their mind and the sampedros can not comprehend ramon wish to end it all . haven not they give up have a normal life to take care of him . this moral issue weigh heavily on these uncomplicated and simple people because in their mind and they be do what come naturally . the second subject of the movie be the legal issue of the euthanasia and the well mean people that suddenly enter ramon life in their desire to help him put an end to his suffering . there julia and the lawyer who be herself handicapped and suffers from a rare malady . there be rosa and the fish cannery worker who become infatuate with ramon . javier bardem and make a brilliant ramon sampedro . his transformation be total . we do not doubt from one moment he be no one else but the paralyzed man on that bed . mr. bardem can only use his face in order to convey all the emotion trap inside ramon . mr. bardem make this man real . this be perhaps javier bardem best role of his career . he surpass his own award win performance a reynaldo arena and the late cuban poet he portray in before night fall . in the supporting role and belen rueda and make an impressive appearance a julia and the woman fight her own physical problem . lola duenas be also effective a rosa and the kindred soul that love ramon deeply . celso bugallo and a ramon brother show a man at a crossroad of his own life . mabel rivera make a compassionate manuela and the sister in law that never ask anything of life and but tend to ramon without question why she have to do it and at all . mr. amenabar also have compose the haunting music score for the film . he be a man that never cease to surprise . one wonder what his next project will be and but one wish him success in whatever he might decide to do in the future .