Los lunes al sol (2002)

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.

Director:

Fernando León de Aranoa

Writers:

Fernando León de Aranoa (screenplay), Ignacio del Moral (screenplay)

Stars:

Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido

39 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Javier Bardem	...	Santa
Luis Tosar	...	Jose
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)

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.

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Plot Keywords:

bar | shipyard | australia | drink | peseta | 

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Taglines:

This film is not based on a real story. It is based on thousands.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official site [nl]

Country:

Spain France Italy

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

27 September 2002 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Defteres me liakada

Filming Locations:

Gijón, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$22,401 (USA) (25 July 2003)

Gross:

$146,402 (USA) (29 August 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sogepaq, Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., Mediapro

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Santa: What day is today?

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Connections

Spoofed in Spanish Movie (2009)

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Soundtracks

"On the Otherside of the World"
Written and Performed by Tom Waits

User Reviews

Mondays in the Sun

The Spanish ensemble film Los lunes al sol / Mondays in the Sun deals with a group of former workers who lost their jobs after the factory had to close. Every day they meet in a pub, worrying about future, money and problems in the family.

The film has great actors and the director does a terrific job in leading their performances in the most effective way. De Aranoa seems to have a perfect sense for timing, manifested in an inconspicuous but efficient cut. The well pointed, rough and bare dialogues come along as a subtle social criticism. De Aranoa surely can rely on his affectionate, wonderful figuration of the truly believable characters, and the shining, utterly charismatic Javier Bardem proves in here again that he is the doubtlessly best Spanish actor today.