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The Sea (2000)

The Sea poster
Original title
El mar
Directed by
Agustí Villaronga
Genre
drama film, art film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
18
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows three childhood friends in Mallorca who witnessed violence during the Spanish Civil War. They reunite ten years later in a tuberculosis sanatorium.

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What happens

The Sea (Catalan: El mar) is a 2000 Spanish drama film directed by Agustí Villaronga, starring Roger Casamajor. It is based on a novel by Blai Bonet. The plot, set in Mallorca, follows the fates of three childhood friends traumatized by the violence they witnessed during the Spanish Civil War. Ten years later, they are reunited in a sanatorium for TB patients. The film won the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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