Mondays in the Sun

Mondays in the Sun (2002)

Los lunes al sol

This film is not based on a real story. It is based on thousands.

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 unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.

Date of release
2002-09-27
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (257)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Fernando León de Aranoa

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 5. Including: Mestre Mateo Award for best film; Mestre Mateo Award for best supporting actor

Mondays in the Sun is a 2002 drama film co-written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and 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.

Production

A Spanish-French-Italian co-production, Mondays in the Sun was produced by Elías Querejeta PC (Elías Querejeta) and Mediapro (Jaume Roures), alongside Quo Vadis Cinema (Jérôme Vidal), Eyescreen (Andrea Occhipinti), and Televisión de Galicia, in association with Continental Producciones (Pancho Casal), with the participation of Vía Digital and Antena 3. Shooting locations included Vigo.

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