Javier Bardem stars in this film directed by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel).
I'm a fan of Iñárritu since I first saw Amores Perros. His best work (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel) was when working with screenwriter Guillermo Arriago. However this creative partnership disintegrated after Babel was made...
Shot in a beautifully seedy Barcelona, Bardem's character works on the wrong side of the law to care for his two children. He contracts for illegal unskilled Chinese immigrants to work in construction and helps Nigerian illegals sell their wares in the streets of the city. Part criminal, part savior, his journey is a sorrowful one and his path does not ultimately end in redemption...
