the sea inside a film by alejandro amenabar . almodovar have always single hand the flag for spanish cinema for year now and out of nowhere come amenabar reinvent genre and inject some new blood to the otherwise malfunctioning spanish industry and now in a big gamble he switch from psychological terror to social drama and well the big one would be and be audience ready to embrace the swing and more important can he hold the flag . this be the story of ramon sampedro and a sailor that in his twenty be paralyze from the neck down in an accident at the sea and his fight with the spanish government for the right to end his life . the story have the trace of an afternoon make for tv melodrama and the only way this be go to work be through word and honest performance and they both come in spade . mateo gil and amenabar co write in a way where the audience be not mean to be lead blind to a death end but they be encourage to make up their own mind in the process and that be a brilliant stroke and this be not a movie pro death but a movie in favour of the ultimate illusion of our time liberty . there be a few laugh spare a long the way and like when the church come home in a wheel chair to deconstruct sampedro belief but be mostly a valley of tear through out and punch come from all front even when you think you be safe his father that to that point do not make any sense come up with the most moving line of the entire movie . it be a heartbreaking experience specially when sampedro seem more full of life than most the people wander the street and everyone around him try to convince him of the wonder of life even those who be help him to die but when you strip a man of his dream the film be almost exclusively build on close ups bring a claustrophobic feeling that make the audience more sympathetic with sampedro . that for the actor a huge challenge that must construct their whole performance with their eye and the eye do not lie . bardem be not grant his second oscar nomination and probably in favour of eastwood and but in my opinion he be the only one who could have shadow jammie fox . this role remind me of the great gregory peck in to kill a mockingbird where the acting look effortless and i reckon bardem have reach that status where the line of what be act and what be real have become completely blur . i be never fond of his early work but since almodovar live flesh he be on a roll and los lunes al sol and the dancer upstairs and the oscar nominate before the night fall make him an international star and although he and banderas come from the same almodovar background be fascinate to see how different path they take and how bardem have now become a real reference for spanish cinema in the whole world . a golden globe and 14 goya and jury prize at venice and probably an oscar with permission from the chorus boy and amenabar directs and co write and edits and put music to a high caliber drama and he have pull it off what about some science fiction now . whose life be it anyway .