53 Winter Days (2007)

Original title

53 días de invierno

Directed by

Judith Colell

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film tells three separate stories. One is about a school teacher facing harassment. Another follows a security guard struggling with money problems. The third is about a young woman who wants to be a musician.

melancholicquietly intensereflectivesomberslow-burncharacter-drivenunderstated

What happens

53 Winter Days (Spanish: 53 días de invierno) is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed by Judith Colell and written by Gemma Ventura. Starring Mercedes Sampietro, Àlex Brendemühl, and Aina Clotet, the plot follows three vignettes, respectively concerning a school teacher suffering from harassment, a security guard under economic distress, and a wannabe musician. It explores the fragility of the human spirit in a society immersed in the morality of success. It received 9 nominations at the VI Barcelona Cinema Awards but did not win any. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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