Mondays in the Sun (2002)

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113 min - Drama - 27 September 2002 (Spain)

7.6

Ratings: 7.6/10 from 5,746 users Metascore: 64/100
Reviews: 37 user | 58 critic | 28 from Metacritic.com

This is the story of those who live in a constant Sunday, those who spend mondays under the Sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but now are unemployed.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Javier Bardem	...	Santa
	Luis Tosar	...	José
	José Ángel Egido	...	Lino (as José Angel Egido)
	Nieve de Medina	...	Ana
	Enrique Villén	...	Reina
	Celso Bugallo	...	Amador
	Joaquín Climent	...	Rico
	Aida Folch	...	Nata
	Serge Riaboukine	...	Serguei
	Laura Domínguez	...	Ángela
	Pepo Oliva	...	Samuel
	Fernando Tejero	...	Lázaro
	Andrés Lima	...	Abogado
	Antonio Mourelos	...	Juez
	César Cambeiro	...	Fiscal (as Cesar Cambeiro)

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Storyline

2001: men without jobs, in the port city of Vigo. Six men worked in a shipyard, now shuttered. They pass the time at La Naval, a bar opened by one of them after the yard closed. They face their futures in makeshift ways: Rico has his bar and a sharp 15-year-old daughter, Reina has become a watchman and a moralizer, Lino fills out job applications, Amador drinks heavily and talks of his wife's return; José is married to Ana, who works at a cannery and tires of being the breadwinner amidst José's emasculated moodiness; Santa, the group's conscience and troublemaker, occasionally fantasizes about Australia. In truth, all are joined like Siamese twins, adrift. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Drama

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Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

27 September 2002 (Spain) See more »

Also Known As:

I lunedì al sole See more »

Filming Locations:

Gijón, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€424,871 (Spain) (29 September 2002) (83 Screens)

Gross:

$418,050 (France) (27 April 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Antena 3 Televisión, Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., Eyescreen S.r.l. See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When José is waiting for his wife to come home, the clock is ticking backwards. See more »

Quotes

Santa: What day is today?
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Connections

Referenced in "¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz?: Orzuelo (#1.4)" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Concierto para violín y orquesta, Op. 61, Rondo Allegro"
By Ludwig van Beethoven (as Beethoven) See more »

Mondays in the Sun (2002)
Los lunes al sol (original title)

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