The Girl from Monday (2005)

A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.

Director:

Hal Hartley

Writer:

Hal Hartley

Stars:

Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Sage	...	Jack
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Cecile
Tatiana Abracos	...	The Girl From Monday
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	William
D.J. Mendel	...	Abercrombie
James Urbaniak	...	Funk
Juliana Francis	...	Rita
Gary Wilmes	...	Adjuster
David Neumann	...	Soldier 1
Ryan Bronz	...	Soldier 2 / Benson
Edie Falco	...	Judge
Paul Urbanski	...	CEO
Michael Cassidy	...	Ted
Normandy Sherwood	...	Emily
James Stanley	...	Doc

Storyline

In the not-distant-future, the market has taken over everything, thanks to the marketers. The consumer is king, and those who see value outside of the marketplace are "enemies of the consumer", terrorists, and "partisan" enemies that the state must dispose of. Protagonist Jack seems to be at one with the media corporations (after all, his marketing ideas led to the institutionalization of the exchange of sex for enhanced buying power), but is he somehow involved with the feeble and pathetic resistance movement? Does he love Cecile, his colleague, or is she a pawn in his game? And what of the mysterious girl from Monday? Are immigrants from the star system "Monday" really assisting the partisans?

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Plot Keywords:

watching tv | soda | partisan | terrorist | stock exchange | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some nudity and brief sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Cecelia is listening back to test scores, one student's name mentioned is "Warren Cuccurullo", the name of a guitarist who's played with Frank Zappa, Missing Persons and Duran Duran.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jack: It's such a long way down, it's strange. The word becomes - flesh? The body remains... what? She had traveled light years to get here. And in the vaporous fields of her home star no one had bodies, or names, or identity. A living thought or feeling, stretching out in all directions. Not measured but desired, elegant. But here, in the flesh, the revolution had come.

User Reviews

a real stinker

The dialogue is stilted, the acting is just awful, the back story is sketchy---especially frustrating in a film that hangs on its back story---and the "futuristic" props are so cheap as to be comical. The social-scientific concept of the movie sounds rather intriguing when read in summary on Wikipedia, but it's not fleshed out in the film. Worse yet, there's no connection established between that concept and the extra-terrestrial aspects of the story. Overall, this movie lacks a coherent plot, on top of stunningly poor execution. Indeed, the best thing about this film is the titles design. So watch those and move on---don't waste the next 80 minutes of your life.

Details

Official Sites:

The Possible Films Collection [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Girl from Monday

Filming Locations:

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$921

Company Credits

Production Co:

Possible Films, The Monday Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Color:

Black and White Color