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3 | ''Biutiful'' is a movie by Creator/AlejandroGonzalezInarritu. It stars Creator/JavierBardem as Uxbal, a man attempting to support himself and his two children while dealing with the dilemmas brought upon him by his illicit occupation and his bipolar ex-wife. A more detailed description of the plot is that it's about Uxbal, an ex-orphan who's now a poor single parent struggling to raise his two kids in their shabby apartment in a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] depiction of Barcelona while also staying away from his bipolar, alcoholic ex-wife. He works for a mob where his occupation is smuggling illegal immigrants into Barcelona. And he can communicate with the dead. And he has terminal cancer. It almost feels like something [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Tearjerker]] would make up. |
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6 | !!This movie provides examples of: |
7 | %%* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Mother]]: Albeit one that's striving to be good. |
8 | %%* TheAtoner: Uxbal tries to be one, and fails. |
9 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Uxbal succumbs to cancer, but his children are safe with Ige, and he reunites with his father in heaven.]] |
10 | %%* CrapsackWorld: The portrayal of Barcelona. |
11 | * DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: No, it ''really'' doesn't. Uxbal is heavily involved with lots of different types of criminals, and his life is absolutely terrible. |
12 | %%* FromBadToWorse |
13 | * HeartbeatSoundtrack: The audible heartbeats in the scene where Uxbal hugs his daughter were achieved on set with microphones stuck to the actors' skin. |
14 | %%* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]] |
15 | %%* HeroWithAnFInGood |
16 | %%* HowWeGotHere |
17 | %%* [[spoiler: ISeeDeadPeople: A whole family of them.]] |
18 | * KickTheDog: The movie could count as one giant Kick the Dog towards Uxbal. But [[spoiler: When he gives Ige the remainder of his savings, she almost goes back to Africa with the money, but eventually reconsiders.]] |
19 | %%* MagicRealism |
20 | %%* MoodSwinger: Marambra, for obvious reasons. |
21 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:The carbon monoxide poisoning of the immigrant workers.]] |
22 | * StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: Uxbal walks by a storefront with [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPasyoDymmk/To0D0bpAEQI/AAAAAAAAAOw/IfvwaQgVaTw/s320/biutiful%2Bdead%2Bwhales.JPG multiple television screens]] showing images of a whale washed up onshore. |
23 | %%* StraightGay |
24 | %%* TragicHero: Uxbal. |
25 | * UngratefulBastard: Uxbal gets no gratitude for passing on the dead's messages. Although, to be fair, the people he's talking to might assume he's a fake or is speaking out of pain. |
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