Los lunes al sol

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

Sep 27 2002 R 1h 53m
Comedy, Drama

After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.

Plot

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

Fernando León de Aranoa, Ignacio del Moral

Directed by

Fernando León de Aranoa

Cast

Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido

Crew

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Production Countries

Spain, France, Italy

Production Companies

Elías Querejeta P. C., Mediapro, Quo Vadis Cinéma, Eyescreen S.r.l., Vía Digital, Eurimages, ICAA, TVG, Atresmedia, Sogepaq, Continental Producciones

Languages

Deutsch, Español

Awards

47 wins & 19 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
15,785
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA