Biutiful (2010)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2010
	Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Actors: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Cheikh Ndiaye
	Country: E, MEX
	Genre: Drama, Melodrama
	Conditions of visioning: 01.02.2015, Bluray, Original Spanish version
Synopsis: Uxbal (Bardem) is single father of two children. Being involved in the underground migration exploitation of Barcelona, being under pressure from the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother (Álvarez) of his children, his life turns to dramatic chaos when he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Review: After having seen The Birdman, I wanted to watch again some work by Iñárritu. So I asked my buddies of the Schauburg sneak preview and we ended in selecting Biutiful. Biutiful shows the slow destruction of Uxbal and all what he has built in his life, family, security for his kids. shows a few realities behind the migration to Europe. It is not the first time that Iñárritu uses the topic of immigration (Babel) to create more empathy and thus enhance some emotions in the viewer such as compassion, anger, joy. This time all the story telling techniques are used to create emotions (e.g. children, family, illness, conflict with the police, religion, presentation of the main character as a saint). The cut is not original as it was in Amores Perros. The story telling and the cinematography are thus much more precise especially in the image composition. The few that is shown on the screen says a lot about what is out of image. And this is also very touching.
Rating: 7 /10