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Monday (2000)

Monday poster
Original title
マンデイ
Directed by
Sabu
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of the previous night. He finds himself caught up in a series of strange and violent events that unfold over the course of a single Monday.

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What happens

Monday (Japanese: マンデイ, Hepburn: Mandei) is a 2000 Japanese comedy thriller drama film directed by Sabu. The film was featured at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award "for its austere, dark wit and keen eye for human foibles." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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