Biutiful
2010 · Movie · R · 148 min · ★ 7.2 · 62% critics
A man navigating life’s unraveling begins to sense the danger of death, moving through a grim reality on a road to redemption. Connected to the afterlife, he wrestles with guilt while trying to forgive, protect his family, and hold on to love as everything tightens around him.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-10-20
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (1,212 votes)
- Box office
- $25,100,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Biutiful if you want a bleak, emotional drama with a supernatural-leaning presence and a father’s struggle for redemption; Not for you if you want something light, tidy, or easy to watch, and if you didn’t enjoy 21 Grams.
Pros: powerful lead performance; bleak emotional tone; haunting afterlife mood | Cons: overly depressing; side plots distract; heavy for some viewers
Themes
- immigrant
- barcelona, spain
- undocumented immigrant
- chinese
- single father
- nostalgic
- terminal cancer
- tense
- harsh
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2011 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2011 · nominated
Cast & crew
Javier Bardem
as Uxbal
Maricel Álvarez
as Marambra
- HB
Hanaa Bouchaib
as Ana
Guillermo Estrella
as Mateo
Eduard Fernández
as Tito
Cheikh Ndiaye
as Ekweme
- DD
Diaryatou Daff
as Ige
Cheng Taishen
as Hai
Luo Jin
as Liwei
- GC
George Chibuikwem Chukwuma
as Samuel
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu