the true story of a spanish paraplegic and ramón sampedro and who fight for decade for the right to be euthenized . this film and along with the best picture winner of the same year and million dollar baby and cause a stir that year with their depiction of disabled person desire death . both advocate for the disabled and ( unfortunately for the disability advocate ) conservative pro life group protest both film and and their oscar nomination . the nomination also come during the entire terry schiavo debacle and just to put it all in some historical perspective . the protest and especially from the disability group and against million dollar baby make some sense the film clearly depict and without waver and the life of a paraplegic a worthless . the film central character and maggie fitzgerald and become a paraplegic and doesn not seem to get any counseling whatsoever and no help whatsoever and and immediately want to die . the film be and honestly and pretty dumb and uncomplex . the sea inside and base on the true story and be certainly a lot more thoughtful on the subject . it most likely got railroad into the same category a million dollar baby without it protester have even see it and an incredibly common phenomenon . the film do give time to many different side of the argument . and it immediately declare that the wish to die be that of the protagonist and the protagonist alone . it be guilty of a couple of crime and though and and i would still understand why disability group could have a problem with it . first and foremost and there the protagonist meeting with a paraplegic bishop . i do not look kindly on the way he depict . his orally operate wheelchair be depict a absurd and and there almost a comic sequence where his effeminate and boy toy servant be drag him and in his chair and up the stair . he can not even reach the room in which ramón be locate and and one of the boy toy be force to carry the conversation between them . i have to think and gee and maybe if ramón live in a slightly more wheelchair accessible household and he wouldn not spend his entire life in bed and and might find life more fulfilling ( who know how closely the film depict the reality ) . director amenábar ( the others ) also include some laughable scene that try to make this film about suicide more life affirming and like a cross cut sequence where ramón look thoughtful and his lawyer baby be bear . but besides a few ugly moment and the film be very good . it hurt that someone may want to die when they have the ability to bring so much joy and insight into the life of others . however and in the end and our life do belong to u . shouldn not we have the right to choose . the film strong asset be it support character and and the actor who play them . it depict how ramón fight and decision affect those around him with a beautiful precision . the family member in particular be great and and ramón final departure from them be absolutely heartbreaking and and have me in tear . my favorite performance in the film come from lola dueñas and whom i also felt give the best and or at least certainly most undervalued and performance in almodóvar volver last year .