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Released
2004 · FILM

The Sea Inside

A determined quadriplegic poet battles the law and his loved ones' pleas as he fights for the right to choose his own death.

Directed by
Alejandro Amenabar
Written by
Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
126 min
Language
ES
BiographyDrama

Synopsis

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet who became a quadriplegic after a diving accident. Over the course of 30 years, he campaigned for the legal right to end his own life. During this time, he formed close relationships with his long-term lawyer, Julia, and his friend Rosa, who attempts to persuade him that his life still holds value. Despite his condition, Ramón inspires those around him to make the most of their lives.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Alejandro AmenabarShot by Javier AguirresarobeDesigned by Benjamin Fernandez

Box Office

2004 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$43.7M

Budget$12.8M
Worldwide gross$43.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $2.1M — 5% of worldwide · International: $41.6M (95%)

Opening weekend: $56K — 3% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $85K — 4% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 23 theaters

Also known as

  • Das Meer in mirde
  • The Sea Insideen
  • Mare dentroit

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