Mondays in the Sun (2002)

Original title

Los lunes al sol

Directed by

Fernando León de Aranoa

Genre

drama film, social comedy film

Country

France, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 252 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of men in a Spanish port city struggle to fill their days after the shipyards close. The film follows their routines and relationships as they face an uncertain future.

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What happens

Mondays in the Sun (Spanish: Los lunes al sol) is a 2002 drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, starring Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar and José Ángel Egido. The film depicts the degrading effects of unemployment on a group of men left jobless by the closure of the shipyards in Vigo, Galicia. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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