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(2000)
El Mar
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Agustin Villaronga's sexual psychodrama "The Sea" is based on an autobiographical work by Blai Bonet (1926-1997), a Catalan poet, novelist and art critic whose career was shaped in part by personal religious conflict and the corrosive effects of tuberculosis which marred his...
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The Sea review by TB
Religious fanatism
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Set in Franco's Spain around the civil war we meet a closet homosexual young man in a TB sanatorium. A new patient is his childhood friend who he falls in love with. They share a dark past where two of their friends had a violent death.
Based on a semi biographical novel by a Spanish author, this may still happen in our modern world for people with a conservative view of the bible. Worth watching in spite of the tragedy unfolding.
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The Sea review by Ian S from Oxford
Unbearable
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This film is a nightmare of the after-effects of the Spanish civil war. A group of children, traumatised by events during the civil war end up in a horror film-esque TB penitentiary. One continuous, unpleasant shock. Watch it if you like maiming yourself!
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Rated: 3.2 stars out of 5 from 9 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
| Release Date: | 14/07/2003 |
| Production Year: | 2000 |
| Run Time: | 107 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
