What Happened to Monday (2017)

In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

Director:

Tommy Wirkola

Writers:

Max Botkin, Kerry Williamson

Stars:

Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noomi Rapace	...	The Settman Siblings
Glenn Close	...	Nicolette Cayman
Willem Dafoe	...	Terrence Settman
Marwan Kenzari	...	Adrian Knowles
Christian Rubeck	...	Joe
Pål Sverre Hagen	...	Jerry
Tomiwa Edun	...	Eddie
Cassie Clare	...	Zaquia
Cameron Jack	...	Dutch
Clara Read	...	The Young Settman Siblings
Kirsty Averton	...	Mia
Lucy Pearson	...	Vicky
Nadiv Molcho	...	Young Doctor
Elijah Ungvary	...	Erickson (as Elijah Ungvery)
Vegar Hoel	...	Enforcer Team Leader

Storyline

In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic One-Child Policy, seven identical sisters (all of them portrayed by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman. Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - each can go outside once a week as their common identity, but are only free to be themselves in the prison of their own apartment. That is until, one day, Monday does not come home.

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Plot Keywords:

overpopulation | one child policy | actress playing multiple roles | siblings | septuplets | 

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Taglines:

Seven Sisters. One Identity.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK France Belgium

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

What Happened to Monday

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nexus Factory, Raffaella Productions, SND Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The main characters named after the days of the week share the identity of Karen Settman. In Italian "week" is "settimana". This hasn't been directly acknowledged but could be a subtle joke.

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Goofs

When the clock hits midnight, and the sisters are at the table wondering where Monday is, the sister leaning against the chair has all ten fingers. When the camera zooms slowly out, you can clearly see the left pointer finger disappear mid-shot. This only looked like a goof due to the position of the fingers and the lighting. At no time during this scene is she shown with ten full fingers.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Reporter: In the last 50 years we've doubled our population, tripled the amount of food and water we use, and we have quadrupled the use of fossil fuels. Every four days there's a million more people on the planet. How is the world going to cope with this explosion in population.

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Connections

Referenced in Filmbarátok Podcast: Episode #1.134 (2017)

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Soundtracks

Fire
Written by Petter Carlsen (as Peter A Carlsen) & Aleksander Kostopoulos
Performed by Pil & Bue
Courtesy of Name Music

User Reviews

Genuinely enjoyed this movie.

It might have been because I hadn't seen a movie in this vein for a while, but it was extremely entertaining! For all its flaws and tropes it's still a very entertaining movie with a huge performance by Noomi Rapace. I would recommend it just for her acting! Oh, and the end; It all comes together very cleanly for the septuplets... storywise, at least, not in the fluffy unicorn parade happy ending you secretly hope for them way.