When kindness and faith are no match for death

Sherman 2022-10-30 16:57:29

/ 2010

The video is a little heavy

2 and a half hours is not easy

The director struggles to show a chaotic city of Barcelona

Every day these lives are quietly born and die

Every day they at the bottom of the society are in their own joy and pain

Dirty homes and even basements are used as shelter

Chinese migrant workers who have entered illegally are struggling to survive in an unfamiliar country

Middlemen who profit from cheap labor continue to squeeze migrant workers

People smuggled from everywhere face the risk of being deported at any time

The camera is aimed at such a group of people who have been dismissed for a long time

a person's life

It is the true portrayal of the whole class

Usibal (Javier Barden) connects the whole story

He's a professional psychic

Able to communicate with the dead to comfort those grieving loved ones

The more he comes into contact with death, the more disturbed he is

When death (cancer) finds itself

He understands that death is the end

Even if he's worried about his kids, there's nothing he can do for them

Usibal as an intermediary

Responsible for liaising with Chinese leather bag manufacturers and illegal immigrant traders

sell products for profit

The two groups of people he contacted are illegal and cannot be detected by the police.

This made it necessary for him to maintain a good relationship with the police

It's a pity that the "betrayal" of the police exposed the matter

Illegal immigrant deported including his good friend A

Out of a sense of responsibility and guilt and an entrustment from A

He has to take care of his wife and son who is under two years old

Out of kindness, Usibal wants to help these illegal laborers survive.

Help them fight for living space and material basis

The weather is cold

So he asked for money to buy heating from a black-hearted businessman

But he himself had cancer and only had two months left to live.

He needs to plan more for the future of his children

So he deducted part of the money from it and bought only the cheapest heater

But I don't want to cause a gas leak accident out of good intentions

Twenty-five illegal immigrants died overnight

The naked tragedy is unbearable for Usibal

As he suffered both physical and mental torment

Things are coming to an end

Usibal dies

But the Barcelona story continues

"I know God will take care of them,

But God can't help them pay the rent."

The child's mother and his ex-wife Malam Bata (Maricel Álvarez)

Is a woman who has been addicted to alcohol and drugs for a long time.

So who does he entrust the child to?

He expressed his concerns to a senior psychic

He wants to pray but doesn't know who

It seems that faith cannot solve Ursibar's problems at this time

The embarrassment of reality overcomes the belief in the past

The wife and children of the aforementioned stowaways friend A were temporarily housed in his old house

When Attempts to Reconcile Family Reunion with Ex-Wife Failed

Usibal returns home with children

in the last days of life

He wants his friend's wife to promise to take care of his children

He hoped that his past kindness and loyalty would allow him to get this little bit in return

It turns out that a little kindness really works

Wife of friend A who wants to take the deposit and leave at the bus station

Back home again after tossing and turning

She knew the city wouldn't allow her and her children to fit in

But these days are not bad

What's more, she really couldn't bear to leave such a family with the same disease.

But have we ever thought about the city

It's more about people watching from the sidelines

More of a squeeze and exploitation

Like a black-hearted factory forcing workers to work overtime

and squeeze their wages on both sides

like some discrimination against skin color and religion

Even in the mind of the most innocent child

discriminatory treatment

Did you notice when picking up two kids from school?

This black woman can only say hello from a distance

Cross the road and walk only on both sides

Everyone in the city of Barcelona is a poor person in need of help

Why Usibal Helped This Stowaway Friend

Why help unfamiliar Chinese workers

Trust from others is rare

But who came to help him?

A little warmth in depression

"Beautiful bug"

"how to spell 'beautiful'?"

"biutiful"

It was a harmless mistake

We make some beautiful mistakes

our intentions are good

It's a pity that we went far from our original intention.

The two Asian businessmen in the film are actually a couple

In traditional thinking, this kind of same-sex love is not recognized

This repressed feeling

And it went to extremes because of the exposure of the worker's gas poisoning incident.

In panic, people always choose the most abnormal and irrational solution

The film silently narrates the silently leaving figure by staring at the window

expresses the passing of a life

In such a chaotic environment, it is unremarkable

The only warmth in the film is between the father and the child

The boy did not get the love of his mother since he was a child

Anticipated trip to the Pyrenees failed due to 'madman' mother's punishment

Heartbroken father returns late to see child left behind

secretly shed tears

He is afraid that he will not be cared for his children after he dies

How could he feel at ease if the situation really turned out to be like this?

Girls seem to be more sensible

From the details of life, I noticed the strangeness of my father

Facing her increasingly weak father, she was helpless

Usibal fears that his children will forget his looks when they grow up

blurs my memory

He begs to tell the child not to forget himself

In fact, his own experience is convincing enough.

He never met his father

Because his father fled to Mexico to escape the law

But in his heart he never forgot his father

When I found my father's coffin, I specifically asked to see my father

Some relationships do not depend on the length of time

And change the weight in each other's hearts

Kindness and blood

the last scene of the film

Usibal anticipates his own death

saw my soul

He sat there quietly without consciously shedding tears

But it's always a pity that people can't overcome death


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Extended Reading

Biutiful quotes

  • Ana: Dad! How do you spell "beautiful"?

    Uxbal: Like that, like it sounds.

  • Marambra: [weeping] If I close my eyes then the thoughts start. They make me scared. I called you. I called you many times. I can't give the children what they need. I'm so sorry I was cruel to Mateo. I'm doing what I can to survive. I really want to be faithful to you, but I also like to have some fun... like a whore.

    Uxbal: Don't say that, Marambra. Forgive me. I've never known what I should give you; I still don't know. Something... I've never known. But we have hurt each other so much.

    Marambra: Take me with you on holiday again. At the clinic they have to restrain me...

    Uxbal: Calm down. Easy. It will be alright.