i have wrestle with death . it be the most unexciting contest you can imagine . it take place in an impalpable grayness and with nothing underfoot and with nothing around and without spectator and without clamor and without glory and without the great desire of victory and without the great fear of defeat and in a sickly atmosphere of tepid skepticism and without much belief in your own right and and still less in that of your adversary . if such be the form of ultimate wisdom and then life be a great riddle than some of u think it to be . marlow in joseph conrad heart of darknessit difficult to make lyrical the subject of death in any work of art . yet movie have recently make bold attempt to humanize it to the extent that it be embrace a a part of the cycle of all living thing and and it can be choose rather than legislate . chosen be the operative word for alejandro amenabar sea inside and base loosely on the true story of the galician sailor ramon sampedro . it be a drama about euthanasia without prejudice clothe in love and poetry and and friendship . if it sound like barbarian invasion ( 2003 ) and in which a cancerous professor say farewell to lifelong friend and love before he take his life and then you be right . in fact and sea be well because it spend more intimate time with the protagonist before he go and a remarkable feat with not one of those moment in the least dull or uninteresting . javier bardem a ramon have expressive eye and commanding voice for the romantic quadriplegic and a combination of tough realist and poetic sufferer . belen rueda play the disabled lawyer julia and who become an imaginary lover for ramon and increase in radiance a her life degenerate with disease . add to the already almost soap opera circumstance be lola duenas a rosa and a blue collar visitor who initially try to dissuade ramon from seek death but quickly fall in love with him . talk about romanticize disabilitythis guy have unbelievable luck attract substantial woman and and he can not move a finger . but talk he can and prove the ultimate argument about what woman want represent love that speak and not just make . i will refrain from mention the major motion picture now up for an oscar that feature euthanasia a it climax in order not to spoil the experience for first timer . sufficient it be just to say both film be successful in open up both side of a contentious subject without force a specific point of view . the religious right have a right to complain that the former film and barbarian invasion celebrate suicide while it have no right to accuse the beautifully balance sea inside of the same . a life in this condition have no dignity and ramon say . the irony be he conduct himself with supreme dignity that make anyone question his determination to end his life . the sea inside be a formidable entry in 2004 oscar nomination for best foreign language film .