Rent El Mar (1999)
3.5 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 47min
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- Synopsis:
Mallorca, 1936. The Spanish Civil War divides the local community with an orgy of bloodlust and brutal revenge executions. Ramallo, Tur and Francisca are childhood friends whose lives are irrevocably changed after they witness the savage murder of a young boy. Ten years later. Francisca is a nun working in an all-male sanatorium where Tur is a patient. Ramallo joins them, psychologically closing the circle. Their close proximity to lingering illness and death brings the horrors of the past into the present. Haunting memories are intermingled with a growing sexual tension between the three young people. To escape, Francisca buries herself in her work, while Tur turns to religion. Ramallo hides behind machismo, becoming increasingly aware of the attraction Tur and Francisca have for him. As Tur's sickness grips him, his religious obsession grows, and so does his desire for Ramallo. - Actors:
- Roger Casamajor, Bruno Bergonzini, Antònia Torrens, Hernán González, Juli Mira, Simón Andreu, Ángela Molina, David Lozano, Nilo Mur, Tony Miquel Vanrell, Victoria Verger, Sergi Moreno, Llorenç Santamaria, Maria del Mar Bonet, Blai Llopis, Nicolau Colom, Carles Cuevas, Sebastià Rosselló, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Borja Tous
- Directors:
- Agustí Villaronga
- Producers:
- Isona Passola
- Writers:
- Antoni Aloy, Blai Bonet
- Aka:
- The Sea
- Studio:
- Peccadillo Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Spain
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Reviews (2) of El Mar
Unbearable - El Mar review by CP Customer
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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Religious fanatism - El Mar review by CP Customer
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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