Promo Trailer: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Biutiful’
One of the films that has generated the most interest and buzz at Cannes this year isBiutiful, directed byAlejandro González Iñárrituand starringJavier Bardem. This time, the director ofAmores Perros,21 GramsandBabelwrote the film himself, having parted ways with creative partnerGuillermo Arriaga.
Despite mixed reception, the film may still be a Palme d’Or contender, and will likely find distribution in the States. Until that happens, we’ve got an early promo trailer.
After seeing the film at Cannes, Peter summarized the plot:
Biutiful is a story about a man involved in a bunch of illegal dealings who learns that he might be dying of Cancer. He is a single father of two children, dealing with issues of mortality and legacy. His former wife is a druggie who is not responsible enough to take care of herself, nevermind the children.
And his brief review saidthat
That mixed take has been seen all across press coming out of Cannes. There are those who love the film, some who hate it, and many who fall in line with Peter to praise the central performance but have problems with the rest of the picture. I’m not the Iñárritu fan Peter is but I’m still curious to see how he fares writing without Arriaga. (Amores Perrosis great, but the two after that? No thanks.)Armando BoandNicolás Giacobonealso have screenplay credit on IMDB, I believe for an earlier draft.
So here’s the promo piece. The footage looks gorgeous (thanks to returning cinematographerRodrigo Prieto) and Bardem looks soulful as hell. Beyond that? Hard to say, because there’s not a lot to go on. This isn’t a real trailer — it’s one of those sales/promo pieces that pop up around festivals. So enjoy the pretty pics, but don’t expect too much from the clip.
