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2010 film by Alejandro González Iñárritu

This article is about the 2010 film. For the song by Coldplay, see [Biutyful](/source/Biutyful). For the 2007 Italian documentary, see [*Biùtiful cauntri*](/source/Bi%C3%B9tiful_cauntri).

Biutiful Theatrical release poster Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Written by Alejandro González Iñárritu Armando Bó Nicolás Giacobone Produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu Jon Kilik Fernando Bovaira Starring Javier Bardem Cinematography Rodrigo Prieto Edited by Stephen Mirrione Music by Gustavo Santaolalla Production companies Menage Atroz MOD Producciones Focus Features International Televisión Española Televisió de Catalunya ICAA Ministerio de Cultura Ikiru Films Cha Cha Cha Films (uncredited) Distributed by Videocine (Mexico)[1] Universal Pictures (Spain)[1] Release dates 17 May 2010 (2010-05-17) (Cannes) 22 October 2010 (2010-10-22) (Mexico) 3 December 2010 (2010-12-03) (Spain) Running time 147 minutes[2] Countries Mexico Spain Languages Spanish Mandarin[3] Wolof Budget $35 million[4] Box office $24.7 million[4]

***Biutiful*** is a 2010 [psychological](/source/Psychological_drama) [tragedy](/source/Tragedy) film directed, produced and co-written by [Alejandro González Iñárritu](/source/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu), and starring [Javier Bardem](/source/Javier_Bardem). The project marks Iñárritu's first film in his native [Spanish language](/source/Spanish_language) since his debut feature *[Amores perros](/source/Amores_perros)* (2000). [Alfonso Cuarón](/source/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n) and [Guillermo del Toro](/source/Guillermo_del_Toro) (who make up the "Three Amigos" with Iñárritu in the film industry) serve as associate producers. The film follows Uxbal, a criminal and father who is diagnosed with [prostate cancer](/source/Prostate_cancer) and seeks to settle his affairs and responsibilities before he dies. The title is in reference to the [phonetic](/source/Phonology) spelling in Spanish of the English word *beautiful*.

*Biutiful* premiered at the [2010 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2010_Cannes_Film_Festival), and was released theatrically by Videocine in Mexico and [United International Pictures](/source/United_International_Pictures) in Spain on 22 October 2010 and 3 December, respectively. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was a [box-office bomb](/source/Box-office_bomb) grossing $24.7 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million. It was nominated for two [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) in [2011](/source/83rd_Academy_Awards): [Best Foreign Language](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film) and [Best Actor](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor) for Bardem; his nomination was the first entirely Spanish-language performance to be nominated for the award. Bardem also received the [Best Actor Award](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Actor) at Cannes for his work on the film.

## Plot

Uxbal lives in a shabby apartment in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) with his two young children, Ana and Mateo. He is separated from their mother Marambra, an [alcoholic](/source/Alcoholic) prostitute with [bipolar disorder](/source/Bipolar_disorder). Having grown up an orphan, Uxbal has no family other than his brother Tito, who works in the construction business (and sometimes solicits Marambra's services). Uxbal earns a living by procuring work for a group of Chinese [illegal immigrants](/source/Illegal_immigrant) who make forged designer goods which a group of African street vendors then sell. He also works as a medium to the dead, passing on messages from the recently deceased at wakes and funerals. When he is diagnosed with terminal [prostate cancer](/source/Prostate_cancer), leaving him with only a few months to live, his world progressively falls apart.

Uxbal initially begins [chemotherapy](/source/Chemotherapy), but he later ends the treatment at the advice of his friend Bea, an [alternative healer](/source/Alternative_medicine). She gives him two black stones which she asks him to give his children before he dies. The group of Africans are arrested by the police, despite Uxbal's regular payment of [bribes](/source/Bribe), because they also deal in drugs. When one of them is deported back to [Senegal](/source/Senegal), Uxbal offers his wife Ige and baby son a room in his apartment. Meanwhile, an attempt at reconciliation with Marambra fails when Uxbal realizes she cannot be trusted to look after their children. As the Chinese are out of work, Tito brokers a deal to get them employed at a construction site. However, almost all of them die in the night from carbon monoxide poisoning, as the cheap gas heaters Uxbal bought in an effort to help were not safe. An attempt by a [human trafficker](/source/Human_trafficking) to dump the bodies into the sea fails when they are washed up on the shore shortly after, causing a media sensation.

As Uxbal's health continues to deteriorate, he is plagued with guilt that he is responsible for the expulsion of the Senegalese and the death of the Chinese. With his death drawing nearer, he realizes that there will be nobody to take care of Ana and Mateo once he is gone. He entrusts the remainder of his savings to Ige, asking her to stay with the children after his death. She accepts his request but later decides to use the money to return to Africa. At the apartment, Uxbal sees Ige's silhouette behind the bathroom door and hears her voice saying she has returned. Uxbal lies down next to Ana and, after having passed on to her a diamond ring which his father had once given to his mother, he dies. In a [snowy winter landscape](/source/Heaven) he is reunited with his father, who had died before Uxbal's birth and shortly after having fled [Francoist Spain](/source/Francoist_Spain) for Mexico.

## Cast

- [Javier Bardem](/source/Javier_Bardem) as Uxbal

- [Luo Jin](/source/Luo_Jin) as Li Wei

- [Maricel Álvarez](/source/Maricel_%C3%81lvarez) as Marambra

- Hanaa Bouchaib as Ana

- Guillermo Estrella as Mateo

- Diaryatou Daff as Ige

- Taishen Cheng as Hai

- [Nasser Saleh](/source/Nasser_Saleh) as Muchacho

## Production

Iñárritu got the idea for the film while listening to Ravel's [Piano Concerto](/source/Piano_Concerto_in_G_major_(Ravel)),[5][6] and its slow middle movement features prominently in the film soundtrack.

*Biutiful* is formally recognised as a Mexico-Spanish co-production, even if US independent production companies also took part in the production.[7] It is a Menage Atroz, MOD Producciones, [Focus Features International](/source/Focus_Features_International), Ikiru Films, and [Cha Cha Cha Films](/source/Cha_Cha_Cha_Films) (although it later went uncredited) production,[8] and it also had the participation of [Televisión Española](/source/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola), [Televisió de Catalunya](/source/Televisi%C3%B3_de_Catalunya), and ICAA Ministerio de Cultura.[7] Director/producer/co-writer [Alejandro González Iñárritu](/source/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu) reunites with composer [Gustavo Santaolalla](/source/Gustavo_Santaolalla) and cinematographer [Rodrigo Prieto](/source/Rodrigo_Prieto) from his previous films, *[Amores perros](/source/Amores_perros)* (2001), *[21 Grams](/source/21_Grams)* (2003), and *[Babel](/source/Babel_(film))* (2006), and editor [Stephen Mirrione](/source/Stephen_Mirrione) from the latter two films. [Alfonso Cuarón](/source/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n) and [Guillermo del Toro](/source/Guillermo_del_Toro), friends and part of the film industry's dubbed "The Three Amigos of Cinema" with González Iñárritu, serve as associate producers.

The film's model, [Akira Kurosawa](/source/Akira_Kurosawa)'s 1953 Japanese film *[Ikiru](/source/Ikiru)*, is described as a similar structure and morale in *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*'s article by Philip French. French writes: "the way a middle-aged Japanese civil servant reacts to the news that he has terminal cancer – and transformed it into a profound statement about the human condition".[9]

## Release

Cast and crew at the [2010 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2010_Cannes_Film_Festival).

*Biutiful* competed for the [Palme d'Or](/source/Palme_d'Or) at the [2010 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2010_Cannes_Film_Festival); it premiered on 17 May 2010,[10] with Bardem winning for [Best Actor](/source/Best_Actor_Award_(Cannes_Film_Festival)), an award shared with [Elio Germano](/source/Elio_Germano) for *[La Nostra Vita](/source/La_Nostra_Vita)*.[11] The film released theatrically in Mexico by Videocine on 22 October that same year, and in Spain by [United International Pictures](/source/United_International_Pictures) on 3 December.

In the United States, the film was released by [LD Entertainment](/source/LD_Entertainment) and [Roadside Attractions](/source/Roadside_Attractions) on 29 December 2010 in select theaters before a wide release on 28 January 2011,[12] and released on home media by [Lionsgate Home Entertainment](/source/Lionsgate_Home_Entertainment) on 31 May 2011.[13]

## Reception

### Box office

*Biutiful* grossed $5.1 million in North America and $19.6 million overseas for a worldwide total of $24.7 million, against a production budget of $35 million.[4]

### Critical reception

[Review aggregator](/source/Review_aggregator) website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) reports an approval rating of 66% based on 155 reviews, with an average rating of 6.43/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Javier Bardem's searing performance helps to elevate *Biutiful*, as does Alejandro González Iñárritu's craftsmanship, but the film often lapses into contrivance and grimness."[14] On [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[15]

Kirk Honeycutt of *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)* calls the film, "a gorgeous melancholy tone poem about love, fatherhood and guilt", and describes Bardem's performance as "...a knockout."[16] Betsy Sharkey of the *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)* wrote, "Bardem gives a performance of staggering depth, unquestionably one of the year’s best."[17]

Some dismissed the story as too bleak; Justin Chang of *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))* wrote Iñárritu is "...stuck in a grim rut."[18]

Filmmakers [Sean Penn](/source/Sean_Penn), [Werner Herzog](/source/Werner_Herzog) and [Michael Mann](/source/Michael_Mann_(director)) have been very outspoken in their acclaim for the film. Herzog likened it to a "poem" and Penn compared Bardem's performance to that of [Marlon Brando](/source/Marlon_Brando) in *[Last Tango in Paris](/source/Last_Tango_in_Paris)* (1972).

### Awards

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards[19] 27 February 2011 Best Actor Javier Bardem Nominated Best Foreign Language Film Mexico Nominated British Academy Film Awards[20] 13 February 2011 Best Leading Actor Javier Bardem Nominated Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Goya Awards Best Actor Javier Bardem Won Best Supporting Actor Eduard Fernández Nominated Best Supporting Actress Ana Wagener Nominated Best Original Screenplay Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bó Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone Nominated Best Cinematography Rodrigo Prieto Nominated Best Editing Stephen Mirrione Nominated Best Art Direction Brigitte Broch Nominated Best Original Score Gustavo Santaolalla Nominated Denver Film Critics Society 28 January 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Golden Globe Awards[21] 16 January 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards[22] 28 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Won Utah Film Critics Association Awards 23 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Awards[23] 20 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor Javier Bardem Nominated Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Best Original Screenplay Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bó Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone Nominated Satellite Awards[24] 19 December 2010 Best Actor Javier Bardem Nominated Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Best Original Screenplay Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bó Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone Nominated Houston Film Critics Society Awards 18 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards[25] 17 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Won Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards[26] 16 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated San Diego Film Critics Society Awards[27] 14 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Critics' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 13 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Indiana Film Critics Association 12 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association Awards[28] 6 December 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Won Cannes Film Festival 23 May 2010 Best Actor Javier Bardem Won Palme d'Or Nominated

## See also

- [List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/List_of_submissions_to_the_83rd_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film)

- [List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/List_of_Mexican_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film)

- [List of Mexican films of 2010](/source/List_of_Mexican_films_of_2010)

- [List of Spanish films of 2010](/source/List_of_Spanish_films_of_2010)

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## External links

- [Official website](http://www.biutiful-themovie.com)

- [*Biutiful*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Biutiful*](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=biutiful.htm) at [Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)

- [*Biutiful*](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/biutiful) at [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)

- *[Biutiful](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/biutiful)* at [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)

Biutiful v t e Alejandro González Iñárritu Awards and nominations Feature films Amores perros (2000) 21 Grams (2003) Babel (2006) Biutiful (2010) Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) The Revenant (2015) Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) Digger (2026) Short films Powder Keg (2001) Mexico (2002) Anna (2007) Flesh and Sand (2017) Related Cha Cha Cha Films "Write the Future" v t e Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Bullfighter!! (1957) Nazarín (1959) Macario (1960) The Important Man (1961) Tlayucan (1962) The Paper Man (1963) Always Further On (1965) Black Wind (1966) The Adolescents (1967) The Mole (1971) Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1973) Calzonzin Inspector (1974) Letters from Marusia (1975) Length of War (1976) Holy Pafnucio (1977) The Place Without Limits (1978) Mojado Power (1981) Eréndira (1983) Frida Still Life (1985) The Realm of Fortune (1986) Life Is Most Important (1987) The Last Tunnel (1988) Cow's Head (1990) Homework (1991) Like Water for Chocolate (1992) Cronos (1993) The Beginning and the End (1994) Midaq Alley (1995) Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman (1996) Deep Crimson (1997) A Magic Spell (1998) No One Writes to the Colonel (1999) Love's a Bitch (2000) Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (2001) The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer (2003) Voces inocentes (2004) Al otro lado (2005) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Silent Light (2007) Tear This Heart Out (2008) Backyard (2009) Biutiful (2010) Miss Bala (2011) After Lucia (2012) Heli (2013) Cantinflas (2014) 600 Miles (2015) Desierto (2016) Tempestad (2017) Roma (2018) The Chambermaid (2019) I'm No Longer Here (2020) Prayers for the Stolen (2021) Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) Tótem (2023) Sujo (2024) We Shall Not Be Moved (2025) v t e Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Cinema Paradiso (1990) The Double Life of Veronique (1991) Indochine (1992) Farewell My Concubine (1993) Three Colours: Red (1994) Les Misérables (1995) Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) Character (1997) Life Is Beautiful (1998) Run Lola Run (1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Amélie (2001) And Your Mother Too (2002) City of God (2003) A Very Long Engagement (2004) Paradise Now (2005) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Tell No One (2008) Sin nombre (2009) Biutiful (2010) A Separation (2011) Amour (2012) Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) Force Majeure (2014) Son of Saul (2015) The Handmaiden (2016) The Square (2017) Roma (2018) Parasite (2019) Minari (2020) Drive My Car (2021) Decision to Leave (2022) Anatomy of a Fall (2023) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) Sentimental Value (2025) v t e Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best International/Foreign Language Film Maria Full of Grace (2004) Kung Fu Hustle (2005) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Let the Right One In (2008) Sin nombre (2009) Biutiful (2010) The Skin I Live In (2011) Amour (2012) The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013) Force Majeure (2014) Son of Saul (2015) Elle (2016) BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017) Roma (2018) Parasite (2019) Another Round (2020) Drive My Car (2021) Decision to Leave (2022) Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Emilia Pérez (2024) Sentimental Value (2025)

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- [Medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Medicine)

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