1. THE SEA INSIDE
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Year: 2004
Awards/Recognition: Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film Winner
Golden Globe Awards Best Foreign Language Film Winner
Cesar Awards Best Foreign Film Winner
European Film Awards Best Director and Best Actor (Javier Bardem) Winners
Goya Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress (Lola Duenas), Best Screenplay Winners
Summary: The film is a real-life story of Ramon Sampedro who initiated the campaign of euthanasia and apply it to his own life after being paralyzed.
Ratings/Comments:
The least that I can do for director Alejandro Amenabar and his cinematographer is to give them a standing ovation for the delicate and sensual cinematic experience they provided. However, taking everything into consideration, Ramon's apathy for his past, his charisma engulfing feminism, and most especially what the film is trying to pacify--the drastic change from traditional to modern is quite too much to be taken care of its peaceful cinematography. I feel uncomfortable most of the time.
8.8/10
2. THE ORPHANAGE
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Year: 2007
Awards/Recognition: Goya Awards Best Picture Nominee
Goya Awards Best Actress Nominee--Belen Rueda
London Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film Nominee
Summary: Laura buys the orphanage she used to live in when she was young. Her son starts to tell her about some friends he can only see until one day her son is gone. The search for his son discloses a lot of secrets about the orphanage she fortunately had left.
Ratings/Comments:
The mother and son story interestingly gives a sumptuous heart in this sumptuous horror movie that is beautifully photographed. The childishness of the son and of the ghosts trapped in the orphanage are fearful and engaging yet lovable.
8.3/10
The least that I can do for director Alejandro Amenabar and his cinematographer is to give them a standing ovation for the delicate and sensual cinematic experience they provided. However, taking everything into consideration, Ramon's apathy for his past, his charisma engulfing feminism, and most especially what the film is trying to pacify--the drastic change from traditional to modern is quite too much to be taken care of its peaceful cinematography. I feel uncomfortable most of the time.
8.8/10
2. THE ORPHANAGE
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Year: 2007
Awards/Recognition: Goya Awards Best Picture Nominee
Goya Awards Best Actress Nominee--Belen Rueda
London Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film Nominee
Summary: Laura buys the orphanage she used to live in when she was young. Her son starts to tell her about some friends he can only see until one day her son is gone. The search for his son discloses a lot of secrets about the orphanage she fortunately had left.
Ratings/Comments:
The mother and son story interestingly gives a sumptuous heart in this sumptuous horror movie that is beautifully photographed. The childishness of the son and of the ghosts trapped in the orphanage are fearful and engaging yet lovable.
8.3/10
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