2002 · drama · social
Mondays in the Sun
Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa1h 53m2002
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.
Our read: Mondays in the Sun (2002) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · social entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / social, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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