Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
Reseña de David Bustillo: The bookend technique, where the opening and final scenes are parallel or almost identical, is often utilized in storytelling. Used in various disciplines, for example in poetry, writing and cinema, bookends leave the audience with a sense of completion- they witness for themselves the beginning and the end of the work. In Alejandro González Iñarritu’s latest film, Biutiful, he cleverly incorporates bookends to illustrate the demise of his protagonist, Uxbal, who is dying from cancer.…