Biutiful

About This Project

Synopsis

Biutiful is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds, his sacrifices for his children know no bounds. Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road brightens, illuminating the inheritances bestowed from father to child, and the paternal guiding hand that navigates life’s corridors, whether bright, bad – or biutiful

Cast & Crew

Cast

Uxbal	JAVIER BARDEM
Maramba	MARICEL ÁLVAREZ
Ana	HANNA BOUCHAIB
Ige	DIARYATOU DAFF
Mateo	GUILLERMO ESTRELLA
Tito	EDUARD FERNANDEZ
Liwei	LUO JIN
Zanc	RUBÉN OCHANDIANO
Hai	CHENG TAI SHEN

Crew

Director	ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
Screenplay by	ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU, ARMANDO BO, NICOLÁS GIACOBONE
Producers	ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU, JON KILIK, FERNANDO BOVAIRA
Executive Producer	DAVID LINDE
Associate Producers	ALFONSO CUARÓN, GUILLERMO DEL TORO
Co-producers	SANDRA HERMIDA, ANN RUARK, EDMON ROCH
Director of Photography	RODRIGO PRIETO ASC, AMC
Editor	STEPHEN MIRRIONE ACE
Original Music	GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
Production Designer	BRIGITTE BROCH
Art Directors	MARINA POZANCO, SYLVIA STEINBRECHT
Costume Designer	PACO DELGADO
Make-up Artist	ALESSANDRO BERTOLAZZI
Special Effects	DDT EFECTOS ESPECIALES
Make-up	MANOLO GARCÍA
Hair Stylist	JOSE GARCÍA
Sound	MARTIN HERNÁNDEZ
Sound Designer	JON TAYLOR, BOB BEEMER

Production Notes

Year:	2010
Country:	España, México
Genre:	Drama
Format:	1,85 : 1 / 2,35 : 1
Runtime:	147 mins.
Sound:	Dolby Digital
Languages:	Español
Release Date in Spain:	3 Diciembre 2010
Produced by:	MENAGE ATROZ, MOD PRODUCCIONES, IKIRU FILMS
In association with:	FOCUS FEATURES INTERNATIONAL
With the participation of:	TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA, TELEVISIÓ DE CATALUNYA
International Sales:	FOCUS FEATURES INTL.

Reviews

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
“…An impressionistic, poignant portrait of a man (…) a gorgeous, melancholy tone poem about love, fatherhood and guilt…”

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
“…an ethereal yet visceral meditation on living and dying (…) a performance of staggering depth, unquestionably one of the year’s best…”

Pete Hammond, Box Office Magazine
“…Iñárritu has surrounded himself with top production talent, including Rodrigo Prieto’s stunning cinematography, Gustavo Santaolalla’s haunting music and Stephen Mirrione’s skillful editing. Biutiful, which gets its name from a child’s misspelling, is in itself a beautiful, mesmerizing film—and Iñárritu‘s masterpiece…”

Steven Rea, Inquirer
“…immensely powerful and haunting…”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“…Shot hand-held with a poet’s eye by Rodrigo Prieto, the film is relentless but as riveting as the world a remarkable actor lets us see through Uxbal’s eyes. Bravo, Bardem…”

Click to read “Vertigo” by Chris Jones, Esquire, Oct issue 2010

Festivals & Awards

	BEST ACTOR (Javier Bardem) OFFICIAL SELECTION, IN COMPETITION Cannes International Film Festival, 63rd edition (2010)
	GOYA BEST LEADING ACTOR GOYA 7 NOMINATIONS: BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BEST ORIGINAL SCORE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST EDITING BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNSpanish Film Academy’s Goya Awards, 25th edition (2011)
	BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards(WAFCA), 9th edition (2010)
	NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINATED BEST ACTOR (Javier Bardem)83rd edition of the Oscars® (2011)
	NOMINATED BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOMINATED BEST ACTOR (Javier Bardem)British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), 63rd edition (2011)
	NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Golden Globes, 68th edition (2010)
	NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 16th edition edición (2010)
	SPECIAL PRESENTATION Toronto International Film Festival, 35th edition (2010)