it. He imagines flying from his bed to visit her on the beach. Later, she is hospitalised with a stroke and admitted to rehab to relearn how to walk. The two write letters to each other, sending updates of their lives. Ramón loses a court case for his right to die. Rosa, in tears, appears at his house and Ramón admits that he has planned a way to commit suicide without the direct and obvious involvement of anyone else. Meanwhile, Padre Francisco, a quadriplegic Catholic priest, comes to convince Ramón to want to live. Ramón refuses to be carried downstairs and so the two men converse through the help of a church boy, who runs up and down to share their arguments. Angry and upset, Manuela asks him to leave. Julia visits to assist Ramón in writing his memoir whilst his family and friends discuss his right to die. Divided, they fight. But Ramón is unwavering in his wish. Again, he imagines that he is able-bodied, kissing Julia. Later, she admits that her condition will only become more severe and that she is planning to kill herself. But first, she would like to help Ramón. Ramón and Javier work together to design and build a wheelchair for him in which he can appear in court to fight for his own right to die. His appeal is ultimately rejected, but Ramón eventually fulfils his wish nonetheless. Each of his friends and family complete a small action in his death; not enough to convict any of them of his murder or assisting his suicide. He records himself on a video camera, narrating his own death, before ingesting a cyanide-laced drink that kills him. Cast Sampedro family Javier Bardem as Ramón Sampedro Celso Bugallo as José Sampedro, Ramón's elder brother Mabel Rivera as Manuela, José's wife and Ramón's caregiver Tamar Novas as Javier Sampedro, Ramón's nephew Joan Dalmau as Joaquín Sampedro, Ramón and José's father Ramon's friends Belén Rueda as Julia Alberto Jiménez as Germán, Julia's husband Lola Dueñas as Rosa Nicolás Fernández Luna as Cristian, Rosa's elder son Raúl Lavisier as Samuel, her younger son Clara Segura as Gené Francesc Garrido as Marc, Gené's husband Others Josep Maria Pou as Padre Francisco, a quadriplegic Catholic priest Alberto Amarilla as Hermano Andrés Andrea Occhipinti as Santiago Federico Pérez Rey as Conductor (Driver) Xosé Manuel Olveira as Juez 1 (Judge 1) César Cambeiro as