El mar
(2000)
AKA: The Sea
Country: Spain
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Two boys living through the Spanish Civil War, Ramallo (Nilo Mur) and Manuel (David Lozano), and a girl, Francisca, are witness to a terrible series of events. When the father of their friend Pau is executed, Pau decides to take revenge by torturing Juli?, the son of his father's killer; but things go horribly wrong, and Pau ends up brutally murdering him. Unable to cope with what he has done, he then commits suicide. As adults, Ramallo and Manuel meet in a tuberculosis sanatorium where Francisca, now a nun, nurses the sick. Ramallo has become a thief, whereas Manuel is obsessed with religion. Each in different ways is haunted by the past, and only the sea provides any sense of final solace or peace. A characteristically cheery little number from the great Agust? Villaronga.
Notes
- Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Majorcan poet and writer Blai Bonet (1926-1997)
- The language of this film is Catalan (as was the language of the original novel).
- Winner of the Best Catalan Film at the 2000 Butaca Awards (the award that year was a tie between this film and the slightly different "Krámpack", released the same year), and winner of the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlin International Film Festival (2000)
Cast
- Roger Casamajor
(Ramallo) - Bruno Bergonzini
(Manuel) - Antònia Torrens
(Sister Francisca) - Hernán González
(Galindo) - Juli Mira
(Don Eugeni Morel) - Simón Andreu
(Alcántara) - Ángela Molina
(Carmen) - Nilo Mur
(Andreu Ramallo, as a Boy) - David Lozano
(Manuel Tur, as a Boy) - Tony Miquel Vanrell
(Pau Inglada) - Sergi Moreno
(Julià Ballester) - Victoria Verger
(Francisca, as a Girl)
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