"It is dangerous to rely on a man who has hunger. And more dangerous to rely on a man whose children are hungry ... "
Zanca (Ruben Ochandiano) to Uxbal (Javier Bardem) in" Biutiful "
Barruntábamos write a post about this movie on the blog c hen found in Medical Journal (January 12, 2011) a interview with Dr. Josep Ramón Germá , director knowledge management Catalan Institute of Oncology, who served as medical advisor "Biutiful" ( Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2010). And this reading definitely encouraged us to shape our opinions about a film that has raised criticism that qualify as different as dark and claustrophobic film, a seamless drama of biblical proportions, a film voraciously ugly, slow and boring or a beautiful poem of melancholy tone.
However, all are unanimous in praising the work of interpretation of Javier Bardem in the role of Uxbal, honored as best lead actor in the last Festival Cannes. The director himself has said he always thought in Bardem for the role, and some people believe that without Bardem this film never existed.
"Biutiful" is a film about social and personal disease on the physical and mental condition, a painful story about human beings without hope nevertheless Uxbal, a terminally ill cancer prostate , strives to continue to fight for their children and their own redemption. Is the head of a dysfunctional family where the mother figure of Marambra (Maricel Álvarez ), golf, bipolar addict, appears intermittently.
Maricel Álvarez is Marambra
A first curiosity. Marambra is a therapy using a light box . Although such treatments is not backed by clinical trials (in the U.S. the FDA has not approved as such) specialists are advocating its use to treat called disorder affective Seasonal ( TAE).
Thus, using light therapy would help stimulate the secretion of serotonin , whose deficit has been associated with different depressive mood disorders. A meta-analysis of the Cochrane Collaboration concluded that in patients with nonseasonal depression, light therapy has a modest but encouraging antidepressant efficacy.
Those who never seem to see the light of the sun are illegal Chinese immigrants working in sweatshops of the industrial belt and No regime of slavery, sewing counterfeit bags and clothing or copying on media pirated audiovisual material for 16 hours a day, without rest. All these goods are placed at the disposal of sub-Saharan manteros , trying to survive in the tough streets of Barcelona thanks to its mobile sales. Of course, those who traffic in heroin camels roam the same territory.
Javier Bardem is the antihero Uxbal
This is the world Uxbal, the intermediary between the most miserable and operators. By the way, I do not think municipal police Barcelona made him too corrupt image grace of some of its members is shown in this film, as with the character of Zanca ( Rubén Ochandiano .)
From the window of the room where he receives chemotherapy, Uxbal can see the sky cut into ghostly silhouettes of the Sagrada Familia and Torre Agbar . The city is spread before him, unattainable, as only he is allowed to move and live by their corners most sordid and unbreathable.
Somehow This film would be akin to the artistic movement of so-called magic realism . The protagonist has the gift of clairvoyance. You can communicate with the ghosts of the dead. Gonzalez Inarritu keeps a door open for the spectator to decide whether you believe the strange powers of this character or, on the contrary, it is of hallucinations produced by the inexorable advance of the disease or treatment side effects.
In our humble opinion, one of the best scenes of the film is facing a Uxbal with the embalmed body of his father. He and his brother Tito (Eduard Fernández ) decided to release the niche occupied by the father's coffin to send the remains to the crematorium Montjuic. Dissident Franco's dictatorship, he would exile in Mexico where pass away soon after arrival victim of pneumonia . In silence, the terminally ill touches the face of his dead father, a young body embalmed at the age of 20 years so he could be repatriated to Spain. Time seems to stop for a moment, waiting for death. Noting the disappearance of one who had conceived Uxbal prepares its own extinction.
PROSTATE CANCER.
This movie present an atypical case, that of a young man affected by a terminal prostate cancer. Approximately 3 out of 4 cases are diagnosed in men older than 50 years. When we witness the Uxbal visit the doctor, the tumor has already developed metastases affecting the bones and liver. His prognosis is disappointing and the survival of only a few months.
As the disease progresses, symptoms become more obvious, such as dysuria, tenesmus, stranguria, urinary retention, urinary frequency and hematuria. Bardem's interpretation accurately reflects the majority of them.
respect to diagnosis, we also observed as the doctor performed a DRE Uxbal a , which is painful as the disease advanced. The analysis reflected, dimly, an elevated PSA . Finally, the patient is subjected to more sophisticated imaging techniques like MRI .
The chemotherapy used in advanced cases, it can slow the growth of the tumor and reduce pain. In some cases achieved partial responses ranging from 10 and 20%. In the movie there is a brief scene in which nausea and vomiting beset Uxbal, allegedly by the adverse effects of medication that you administer.
Finally, returning to the analysis that Dr. Germá made this film, we highlight some glaring errors that were not corrected by the director, for example in the scene where a nurse fails to extract blood to the patient and has to be himself, allegedly exploiting his skills as a former junkie, which introduces a disproportionate needle in the veins of antecubital fossa (basilic, cephalic, or median). It slightly adjusted to reality so great inability to staff attending a specialized oncology unit as it treats Uxbal.
not be very likely that a terminally ill cancer with bone metastases undermining its skeleton, is capable of jumping fences and make long runs and persecution ...
What's in store for "Biutiful" the next Oscar? ... Remain vigilant ...
What's in store for "Biutiful" the next Oscar? ... Remain vigilant ...
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