Biutiful
Spain, Mexico
2010
138 Min
Color
1.85:1
Spanish, Mandarin
Synopsis
Biutiful is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds, his sacrifices for his children know no bounds. Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road brightens, illuminating the inheritances bestowed from father to child, and the paternal guiding hand that navigates life’s corridors, whether bright, bad – or biutiful. —Official site
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Born in México City, Mexico, in 1963, Alejandro González Iñárritu started his show-business career in 1984 as a DJ at top-rated Mexican radio station WFM. At the same time he studied filmmaking and theater. From 1988 to 1990 he composed music for six Mexican features, including Garra de tigre (1989). In the 1990s he became one of the youngest producers in Mexican TV: looking for good stories, he read a lot of scripts and one day was introduced to Guillermo Arriaga, a screenwriter, and they planned to make 11 shorts to show the contradictory nature of Mexico City. After three years and 36 drafts, they ended up settling on only three stories and expanding them. That movie, Amores Perros, became a major hit at its release at the Festival de Cannes 2000, where it received the award of the best film by the Semaine de la Critique, and went on to huge worldwide success. It also earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign movie. His second feature, 21 Grams (2003), was also written by Arriaga… read more
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Lorna Singh
9May12
Another great performance from Javier Bardem in this study of a complicated man.The depressing tone makes it not for everyone,especially at 150 minutes,but the characters stay with you.
Pooyan R
8Apr12
I like the character(Bardem) and the story line was amazing. The characters's personalities were amazingly shown. for example at the beginning of the movie we see Uxbal who asks the nurse ,who wants to inject him, " isn't that used?" (or something like that) pointing the syringe . and that's where we know that Uxbal has obsessive mind problems. and there's more of these scenes in the movie which make it strong,
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"Another Year," "Blue Valentine," More
By David Hudson on December 30, 2010
"Class consciousness has frequently played a role in Mike Leigh's films, and not only because, as a storyteller whose native terrain is
Cannes 2010. Awards
By David Hudson on May 23, 2010
Fantastic. "Surreal," says Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He's just won the Palme d'Or for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Grand
Cannes 2010. Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Biutiful"
By David Hudson on May 18, 2010
"Beneath all the swift camerawork and rapid editing, Alejandro González Iñárritu remains a sentimentalist," writes Anthony Kaufman at IFC
Alejandro Innaritu Declares Javier Bardem BIUTIFUL
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
Though scarcely anything is known of upcoming Mexican / Spanish drama Biutiful so far it is immediately notable for two reasons.First, it is the latest feature from Alejandro Innaritu, the man behind Amores
Cannes 2010: Get Behind The Scenes Of Innaritu's BIUTIFUL
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Yet another film provoking divided responses in Cannes – it’s been a running theme – is Alejandro Innaritu’s Biutiful. The general consensus is that Javier Bardem is absolutely fantastic in the picture
Trailer Arrives For Innaritu's BIUTIFUL
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Though it premiered to a somewhat mixed critical response in Cannes, Alejandro Innaritu’s Biutiful still took some hardware in the form of a Best Actor award for star Javier Bardem.Does he deserve it
New trailer for Inarritu's 'Biutiful' with Javier Bardem.
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Though there is little new footage in the new trailer and the first half of it is edited waaaaaay too fast for its own good there is some new footage in the newest trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s
New trailer for Inarritu's 'Biutiful' with Javier Bardem.
By Twitchfilm.net on October 19, 2010
Though there is little new footage in the new trailer and the first half of it is edited waaaaaay too fast for its own good there is some new footage in the newest trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s
Alejandro Innaritu Declares Javier Bardem BIUTIFUL
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Though scarcely anything is known of upcoming Mexican / Spanish drama Biutiful so far it is immediately notable for two reasons.First, it is the latest feature from Alejandro Innaritu, the man behind Amores
Cannes 2010: Get Behind The Scenes Of Innaritu's BIUTIFUL
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Yet another film provoking divided responses in Cannes – it’s been a running theme – is Alejandro Innaritu’s Biutiful. The general consensus is that Javier Bardem is absolutely fantastic in the picture
Trailer Arrives For Innaritu's BIUTIFUL
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Though it premiered to a somewhat mixed critical response in Cannes, Alejandro Innaritu’s Biutiful still took some hardware in the form of a Best Actor award for star Javier Bardem.Does he deserve it
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Biutiful, de Alejandro González Iñárritu
By Leonardo Mascaro on March 30, 2012
Talvez você não conheça Iñárritu pelo nome. Mas este diretor mexicano é um dos responsáveis por uma das trilogias mais sufocantes já produzidas no cinema. Trilogia, não necessariamente no sentido de… read review
Bardem creates fireworks.
By MisterNovember on August 31, 2011
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu directed three films before Biutiful, and all three of them had essentially the same positives and negatives. On one hand, the man really knows how to create a scene. From… read review
BIUTIFUL
By Damir on June 22, 2011
You know, there are such directors and actors whose films you will always watch, in spite of critical response. Biutiful is part of this group. There are some strange feelings: I liked the film and… read review
Un magnifique mélo, froid et glauque à souhait
By hubertguillaud on May 30, 2011
Il y a une fièvre dans cette Barcelone sordide qu’évoque Biutiful. Ce mélodrame social, froid et glauque porté par un magnifique Javier Bardem, est un film sans espérance où chacun s’évertue à détruire… read review
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