Mondays in the Sun (2002)
3.9 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 53min
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- Synopsis:
A northern Spanish coastal town suffers from its own isolationism as shipyards close down, leaving the lobar force scouring the streets for temp jobs with only their stubborn pride to show for it. Among the disillusioned is Santa (Javier Bardem), a cocksure, angry rebel who refuses to admit his own failures. Santa is the ring leader of a group of rapidly ageing friends whose unemployed status causes them mounting grief. They drown their sorrows in an otherwise empty bar owned by Rico (Joaquin Climent), one of their coworkers from what now seems another life. While Santa tries to clumsily seduce women and pay for a lamp post he vandalised in anger, his companions battle serious alcoholism, loan denials, and marriage troubles, as they all face their own insignificance.Javier Bardem perfectly embodies the defiant loser that is Santa. Letting himself go and carrying a hefty gut, Bardem manages to exude the false charm of a bitter sad sack who has remained a lady's man. - Actors:
- Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve De Medina, Enrique Villén, Celso Bugallo, Joaquín Climent, Aida Folch, Serge Riaboukine, Laura Domínguez, Pepo Oliva, Fernando Tejero, Andrés Lima, Antonio Mourelos, César Cambeiro
- Directors:
- Fernando León de Aranoa
- Producers:
- Elías Querejeta, Jaume Roures
- Writers:
- Fernando León de Aranoa, Ignacio del Moral
- Aka:
- Los Lunes Al Sol
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Spain
