EL MAR aka THE SEA

Year: 2000
UK: Peccadillo Pictures
Cast: Bruno Bergonzini, Roger Casamajor, Antónia Torrens, Angelina Molina, Simon Andreu, Juli Mira, Hernan Gonzalez, David Lozano, Nilo Mur
Director: Agusti Villaronga
Country: Spain
Language: Catalan (English subtitles)
UK: 112 mins
UK Certificate: 18
UK Release Date: 25 May 2001 (Limited Release - London)

Synopsis

EL MAR follows the story of a life altering incident that happened to two boys and a girl during the Spanish Civil War and resulted in the deaths of two other boys. They carry this secret with them and go their separate ways only to meet up years later in a hospital. But the burden of the secret that they all carry with them from their childhood comes to the fore. Only the sea offers a solution!