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- A sentimental tale of out-of-work men who’ve lost their jobs at a dying shipyard that stood at the center of their Spanish town’s economy, the film follows four unhappy guys—Santa (Javier Bardem), José (Luis Tosar), Lino (José Ángel Egido) and Amador (Celso Bugallo)—as they spend their Mondays lounging under the sun, unable (or unwilling) to obtain work and unraveling under the weight of professional disappointments, marital problems and personal insecurities.
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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.
Santa (Javier Bardem) is an angry man who cannot forgive the ruthless bosses of a shipyard who sold him and his co-workers out for their own profit in Vigo, a city in northern Spain. He has a court case pending for breaking a lamppost. Santa tells his lawyer that he won't pay the fine on principle.
Sep 27, 2002 · Mondays in the Sun: Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. With Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina. This is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun.
- (15K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Fernando León de Aranoa
- 2002-09-27
Mar 23, 2003 · A sentimental tale of out-of-work men who’ve lost their jobs at a dying shipyard that stood at the center of their Spanish town’s economy, the film follows four unhappy guys—Santa (Javier Bardem), José (Luis Tosar), Lino (José Ángel Egido) and Amador (Celso Bugallo)—as they spend their Mondays lounging under the sun, unable (or ...
Mondays In The Sun. "Mondays in the Sun" chronicles the lives of men who were shipbuilders in Spain until the yards closed, and now measure out their lives in drinking and despair. One still goes to apply for jobs, but is too old, and considers hair dye to make himself look younger.
Mondays in the Sun ★★ Los Lunes al Sol 2002 (R) Hard times and no easy answers in this biting drama—often filled with corrosive humor—about unemployment and its consequences. The shipyard where Santa (Bardem) and his friends work has been shut down after being sold to a Korean company.
