After a diving accident leaves him quadriplegic at 25, a former ship mechanic and poet Ramón Sampedro spends 30 years fighting for the right to end his life with dignity. Based on a true story, The Sea Inside is a moving, Oscar-winning film from Alejandro Amenábar, starring Javier Bardem in a powerful lead performance.

Join us for an evening of film and conversation in our annual Ethics in Film event, with a special screening of ‘The Sea Inside’. The film will be followed by a discussion on the ethics of death, dying and end-of-life care, and how to navigate moral disagreement in this area.

Reviews

‘The more intimate scenes are almost unbearably poignant…A downbeat subject, but a remarkably delicate and affecting picture – with some deeply impressive acting.’
★★★★
William Thomas, Empire Magazine

Speakers
Angeliki Kerasidou (Chair) is an Associate Professor in Bioethics at the Ethox Centre and Official Fellow of Reuben College. Her research focuses on the issues of trust, empathy and the introduction of new technologies in health research and care.

Dr Victoria Bradley is Consultant in and the Clinical Lead for Palliative Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine. Her interests are in the transition of patients between paediatric and adult palliative care services and clinical ethics.

Eleanor Kerfoot is a historian and a DPhil candidate at Balliol College. Her work focuses more generally on the history of death and its medicalisation.