Biutiful
DVD - 2011
"Biutiful" takes place in grimy and crowded parts of Barcelona that are a world away from that city's tourist attractions. Uxbal is a midlevel mobster, in charge of Chinese sweatshop workers making counterfeit watches and bags, and the African vendors who sell them. He collects and dispenses money, and runs interference with the cops. He also has two young children, a mentally unstable former wife, and a terminal illness. He is trying, despite his job, to be a good man, a good father. He tries to be stoical, tough, and compassionate, but he suffers because he cannot do good things, and he cares about the consequences of his actions.
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- Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Crime films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Mexico City] :
Menage Atroz
[2011]
- Language
- Spanish
English - Corporate Authors
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- Item Description
- Based on a story by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Originally released as a Mexican-Spanish motion picture in 2010.
Special features: Behind "Biutiful": Director's flip notes [featurette] (22 min.); Biutiful crew [featurette] (4 min.); Interviews [featurette] (8 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Also from Lionsgate [previews] (10 min.). - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Playing Time
- 02:27:00
- Format
- DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: Rated R for disturbing images, language, some sexual content, nudity and drug use.
- Awards
- Winner, 2011 Goya Award: Mejor Actor Principal (Best Actor)--Javier Bardem ; Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor ; Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor, Best Foreign Language Film.
- Production Credits
- Cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto ; art director, Brigitte Broch ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla.
- ISBN
- 9786314197230
- Access
- Educational and home use only.
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