I was there for the first press screening of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's
Biutiful in Cannes, wow, eight months ago now, and whilst I had a few problems with the movie itself, the lead performance from
Javier Bardem was out of this world. Gripping, multi-layered and immensely watchable... I was particularly pleased to see him win a Best Actor nom this week, a rare feat for a European actor leading a foreign-language film and whilst he won't beat the career best turn of Colin Firth in The King's Speech, it must almost feel like a win just to be nominated. Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu is released on 28th January and to celebrate a Bardem/ Iñárritu DVD bundle (consisting of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Amores Perros and Rudo Y Cursi), to give away. Read on to find out how... Biutiful is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds; his sacrifices for his children know no bounds. Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road brightens, illuminating the inheritances bestowed from father to child, and the paternal guiding hand that navigates lifes corridors, whether bright, bad or biutiful. To win, just answer this question: Javier Bardem won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in which Coen Brothers film?
a) No Country For Old Men b) Razing Arizona c) Fargo
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