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'The Sea Inside': Javier Bardem and director Alejandro Amenábar. 'The Sea Inside': Outstanding supporting cast help to lift flawed Right to Die drama Alejandro Amenábar's The Sea Inside often verges on melodrama, featuring as its centerpiece a showy performance by Javier Bardem as a tetraplegic man eager to end his life “with dignity.” Its not inconsiderable flaws notwithstanding – including a simplistic “right to die” debate – this real-life-inspired drama is in and of itself both compelling and touching enough to merit a look; but what makes The Sea Inside a must-see are the superb performances of those in Bardem's periphery. The story revolves around Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem), a middle-aged man who has been bed-ridden and dependent on the care of others since a diving accident in his early 20s. (Hence the original Spanish title “Into the Sea.”) Yearning for freedom from his mostly immobile body,...

BERLIN -- International sales company Lumina Films has signed up local stars to voice characters for each territory version of its CGI-animation Midsummer Dream. For the United Kingdom, Lumina said Rhys Ifans, Toby Blessed and Brian Blessed have been signed to provide the vocals for the movie, which is "loosely based on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' " The announcement came Friday at the Berlin International Film Festival. Stars signed for Spanish-speaking territories include Gabino Diego, Jose Luis Gil, Emma Penella, Isabel Ordaz, Gemma Cuervo and Carmen Machi. Directed by Angel de la Cruz and Manolo Gomez for Spain's Dygra Films, Midsummer is a co-production with Portugal's AppiaFilmes.

BERLIN -- International sales company Lumina Films has signed up local stars to voice characters for each territory version of its CGI-animation Midsummer Dream. For the United Kingdom, Lumina said Rhys Ifans, Toby Blessed and Brian Blessed have been signed to provide the vocals for the movie, which is "loosely based on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' " The announcement came Friday at the Berlin International Film Festival. Stars signed for Spanish-speaking territories include Gabino Diego, Jose Luis Gil, Emma Penella, Isabel Ordaz, Gemma Cuervo and Carmen Machi. Directed by Angel de La Cruz and Manolo Gomez for Spain's Dygra Films, Midsummer is a co-production with Portugal's AppiaFilmes.