Biutiful Release Date: December 29, 2010 (NY, LA; limited: Jan. 28) Studio: Roadside Attractions Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Screenwriter: Alejandro González Iñárritu , Armando Bo , Nicolás Giacobone Starring: Javier Bardem , Maricel Álvarez , Hanaa Bouchaib , Guillermo Estrella , Eduard Fernández , Cheikh Ndiaye , Diaryatou Daff , Taisheng Cheng , Jin Luo 2 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R (for disturbing images, language, some sexual content, nudity and drug use) Plot Summary: "Biutiful" is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds, his sacrifices for his children know no bounds. Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road b