Juez 2 Xosé Manuel Esperanto as Periodista 1 (Reporter 1) Yolanda Muiños as Periodista 2 Adolfo Obregón as Ejecutivo (Executive) José Luis Rodríguez as Presentador (TV host) Julio Jordán as Encuadernador (Bookbinder) Juan Manuel Vidal as Amigo Ramón (Ramón's friend) Marta Larralde as Muchacha en la playa (Girl on beach) Jacob Ahlgren as himself (Baller) Reception Critical response The film received positive reviews from critics. It currently holds an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 135 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. Its consensus summary states: "Held aloft by a transfixing performance from Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man who chooses to die, The Sea Inside transcends its melodramatic story with tenderness and grace." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Accolades See also List of Spanish films of 2004 Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) References External links Promotional site for US region The Sea Inside in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Film. Eds. Alex Pinar and Salvador Jimenez Murguia. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 2004 drama films 2000s psychological drama films French biographical drama films French psychological drama films Italian psychological drama films Spanish biographical drama films Best Film Goya Award winners Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe winners Films about euthanasia Films about paraplegics or quadriplegics Films directed by Alejandro Amenábar Films featuring a Best Actor Goya Award-winning performance Films featuring a Best Actress Goya Award-winning performance Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Goya Award-winning performance Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Goya Award-winning performance Films set in Spain Films set in the 1990s Films shot in Barcelona Films shot in Madrid Galicia (Spain) in fiction Catalan-language films 2000s Spanish-language films Galician-language films Venice Grand Jury Prize winners Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film winners 2004 independent films Films with screenplays by Mateo Gil 2000s Spanish films 2000s French films 2000s Italian films Films about disability Films set in Galicia (Spain)