Blue Days (2006)

The story of three brothers at two different times of their lives is that proposed by the director Miguel Santesmases to combine drama and romantic comedy. Three brothers will spend the ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Miguel Santesmases

Writers:

Antón Casariego, Martín Casariego

Stars:

Óscar Jaenada, Javier Pereira, Javier Ríos

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Óscar Jaenada	...	Boris
Javier Pereira	...	Álex
Javier Ríos	...	Carlos
Marta Larralde	...	Belén
Celia Freijeiro	...	Genoveva
Dani Méndez	...	Germán
María Castro	...	Estela
Cristina Castaño	...	Elena
Denis Gómez	...	Luis
Lúa Testa	...	Alicia (as Lua Testa)
Xosé A. Touriñán	...	Pincha La Palma (as José Touriñán)
María Caínzo	...	Rubia 1
Zara Sobral	...	Rubia 2
Enoque Meneses	...	Marinero brasileño
Laura Silva	...	Señora barco

Storyline

The story of three brothers at two different times of their lives is that proposed by the director Miguel Santesmases to combine drama and romantic comedy. Three brothers will spend the last weekend of the summer holidays at his home in Galicia. Boris , Carlos and Alex are sad because they are no longer there anymore because it is on sale . Each has a very different personality. Boris , the oldest, is a playboy , crazy and irresponsible. Carlos takes the family business of the family, a printing press. And Alex will do a master in the United States. This weekend will be a fact that will mark their lives forever.

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Plot Keywords:

skinny dipping | male frontal nudity | summer vacation | reunited brothers | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

11 August 2006 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Blue Days

Filming Locations:

El Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cre-Acción Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Días azules
Written by Iván Ferreiro and Amaro Ferreiro
Performed by Iván Ferreiro

User Reviews

Sensitive as well as enjoyable dramedy about brotherhood , love , guilt and redemption

Sad as well as agreeable drama with comedy dealing with fraternity , friendship and a wonderful love stories . This is a coming-of-age story concerning about three brothers : Boris (Óscar Jaenada) , Álex (Javier Pereira) and Carlos (Javier Ríos) . Both of whom are quite different : the eldest Boris results to be a womanizer , the middle one , Carlos seems to be the most responsible , as he has to take care of their brothers and the family printing , and the youngest , a too serious nerd who just achieved an university scholarship in a great city of USA , Boston , and is leaving in few days . All of then spend their last days in their mother's beach house in a small town in Spain coast , before selling it . Their daddy died and they need the money to support their mummy and their family business . But there happens a terrible deed and happenings go wrong . Several years later , the trio returns the little town , but things have changed a lot .

This is a nice film with entertaining events but also with very sad moments , but that is the reason of its perfection . Simple as well as pleasant film about youthful , including comedy , drama , emotion , along with colorful cinematography and marvelous songs . A great story in which the characters find themselves from the experiences they live . Heartfelt tale dealing with three twenty and some brothers, regarding themes of family , friendship , love and death , but done through the eyes of youth . I think is a movie that is about time , culpability , love , life and especially about death . Close Dramedy concerning about sensitive brotherhood , death , repentance , emotion , and moving romances ; including enjoyable interpretations with outcast roles were pretty well developed . As their touching love stories becomes extremely affecting , partly because it's so innocent and partly because it's under threat of being ripped apart by an unfortunate accident . It may not totally get to the heart of some of the themes it raises , but it results in an exciting fresco with social fable , thoughtful issues , juvenile lives and by the end manages to be pretty touching . Plenty of emotional and family feeling in which solidarity triumphs and humor despite the disgraces and misfortunes . This thought-provoking and brooding flick concerning sweet and heartbreaking story of three brothers , given extra power by dealing with a moving portrait of youthful ; however , the picture sometimes relies heavily on the lively relationship among three protagonists . This can be the story of many faceless and nameless youngsters in any country who live , enjoy and love themselves . It is one of those movies which make you learn about life and I enjoyed it so much , and I recommend it . Main actors and support players give splendid performances . As Oscar Jaenada is frankly well as the oldest brother that only care for girls , fun and drugs . Jaenada is considered to be one of the best Spanish actors , playing interesting roles in ¨November¨ , ¨El Juego De La Verdad¨, ¨Herencia Valdemar¨, ¨Atraco¨, ¨Descongelate¨ and especially ¨Camaron¨ ; he is nowadays making an international career with titles as ¨Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides¨, ¨Losers¨ , ¨Che , Guerrilla¨ , ¨The Limits of Control¨ , ¨After Words¨, ¨The Cold Light of Day¨ and ¨Cantinflas¨ . Their brothers are well played by Javier Pereira and Javier Rios . And their girlfriends and lovers are nicely performed by young actresses as Marta Larralde , Pilar Castro and Celia Freijeiro .

There stands out the colorful and atmospheric cinematography by Alfonso Parra , a good cameraman who photographed the successful film "The Weakness of the Bolshevik", as well as ¨Siete Minutos¨ , ¨La Bicicleta¨, ¨Nubes De Verano¨, among others . Lively as well as adequate musical score , plenty of wonderful songs , by Nacho Mastretta , a good professional who has composed soundtracks in a lot of famous movies such as ¨Torremolinos 73¨ (2003) , ¨El Gran Vázquez¨ (2010) , ¨Va a Ser Nadie Es Perfecto¨ (2006) and ¨La Hija Del Cannibal¨ (2003) . The motion picture was professionally directed by Miguel Santesmanes . Miguel is a good producer , director and writer ; a fine craftsman expert on comedy and drama as proved in ¨La Fuente Amarilla¨ (1999) Amor, Curiosidad, Prozak , Dudas¨ (2001) and this ¨Dias Azules¨(2006) .