El mar

Apr 14 2000 Unrated 1h 47m
Drama, War

Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.

Plot

Two boys (Ramallo and Manuel) and a girl in the Spanish Civil War are involved in the death of other two boys, one killed, the other suicided. This terrible secret will be with them for all their lives. Years pass and they meet in a hospital for tuberculosis treatment. She is now a nun, Ramallo is a thief and Manuel is obsessed by religion. Reality is too hard to feel, only the sea should be the best place, where all is quiet...

Written by

Antoni Aloy, Blai Bonet, Biel Mesquida

Directed by

Agustí Villaronga

Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

Peccadillo Pictures

Languages

Català

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,625
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA