Obviously U.S.-market trailers have to make foreign-language films seem appealing to English-speaking viewers, but the narration of this trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu‘s Biutiful, which Roadside will reportedly acquire, feels way off. Is that even Javier Bardem’s voice? Biutiful is a Spanish-language film — why try to obscure this? I thought we were past the age of catering to morons who prefer English-dubbed versions of foreign-language films.
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