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Mondays in the Sun is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Fernando León de Aranoa released in USA on 19 january 2003 with Javier Bardem
Mondays in the Sun (2002)
Los lunes al sol
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Add to a movie listMondays in the Sun (Spanish: Los lunes al sol) is a 2002 Spanish 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.
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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 the unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not. The gap between them is widening and he is fearful that she will leave him for a co-worker. Despite arthritic legs, Ana endures night shifts at a fish factory and thinks her looks are now lost. Not everyone seems to agree including her boss. Lino, an aging family man, doggedly pursues positions beyond his qualifications. The oldest member of the group, Amador, has degenerated into alcoholism after being abandoned by his wife; maintaining an increasingly transparent pretense that his wife will soon return from holiday. Reina has managed to find a job as a watchman at a football club, smuggling his friends into a game. Lino attends job interviews despite applicants being nearer his son's age. Sergei claims his career as an astronaut was forestalled by economic measures in the Soviet Space program.Actors
Javier Bardem
(Santa)
Luis Tosar
(Jose)
Aida Folch
(Nata)
Fernando Tejero
(Lázaro)
Serge Riaboukine
(Serguei)
Antonio Mourelos
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