Biutiful [videorecording] / LD Entertainment ; Roadside Attractions ; Menage Atroz-México ; Mod Producciones-España ; en asociación con Focus Features International ; y la participation de Televisión Española ; una película de Alejandro González Iñárritu ; dirigida por Alejandro González Iñárritu ; escrito por Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone ; producida por Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira ; con la colaboracion de ICAA-Ministerio de Cultura ; la participación de Televisió de Catalunya ; en coproducción con Ikiru Films.

Widescreen.

[Mexico City] : Menage Atroz ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment, c2011.

Spanish

In Spanish with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.

1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

012236114000

PN1997.2 .B588 2011

791.43/72

29938 Lionsgate

"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.

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.).

Director de fotografía, Rodrigo Prieto ; directora de arte, Brigitte Broch ; montaje, Stephen Mirrione ; música de Gustavo Santaolalla.

Javier Bardem (Uxbal), Maricel Álvarez (Marambra), Eduard Fernández (Tito), Diaryatou Daff (Ige), Cheikh Ndiaye (Ekweme), Tiasheng Cheng (Hai), Luo Jin (Liwei), Hanaa Bouchaib (Ana), Guillermo Estrella (Mateo).

Javier Bardem (Uxbal), Maricel Álvarez (Marambra), Eduard Fernández (Tito), Diaryatou Daff (Ige), Cheikh Ndiaye (Ekweme), Tiasheng Cheng (Hai), Luo Jin (Liwei), Hanaa Bouchaib (Ana), Guillermo Estrella (Mateo).

MPAA rating: Rated R for disturbing images, language, some sexual content, nudity and drug use.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.

video file DVD video region 1

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

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