Mondays in the Sun

Los lunes al sol, feature film, 2002

DIRECTED BY: Fernando León de Aranoa

Mondays in the Sun

CAST:
Javier Bardem (Santa),
Luis Tosar (José),
José Ángel Egido (Lino),
Nieve de Medina (Ana),
Enrique Villén (Reina),
Celso Bugallo (Amador)

SCRIPT:
Fernando León de Aranoa,
Ignacio del Moral

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Alfredo F. Mayo

Synopsis:
Six middle aged friends meet every day in a bar La Naval in the Spanish industrial and harbor town of Vigo. Rico opened the bar after the shipyard in which they all worked closed down. Now they are unemployed and spend their days drinking and chatting and hoping for a better future. Paulino is persistent but unsuccessful in trying to find a job. José is insecure because his family is supported by his wife. Santa dreams of moving to Australia. Amador misses a wife who abandoned him a along time ago, while Serguei is at peace with his life.

color, digital, 113 min