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Actors: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Jose Egido
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mondays in the Sun (Los Lunes al Sol) |
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A group of recently-laid-off Spanish dockworkers bide their time together in the local pub, opened and run by one of their former coworkers. The group is held together by the affable Santa (Bardem) who is the de facto leader and sometimes father-confessor.
When they aren't watching football or drinking together, they spend Mondays in the sun, riding the ferry, soaking in rays while waiting for the elusive job interview or perhaps a winning lottery ticket. The men's lives are laid out in painful detail, from the tragic alcoholic to the life of one of the oldest men, who eventually elects to dye his hair and borrow his son's clothes in a sad effort to look younger on job interviews. Another compatriot, Jose (Tosar), feels cuckolded and impotent by the fact that his wife has taken a job at the cannery.
MONDAYS IN THE SUN honestly conveys the pain and emotion of these unemployed, seemingly trapped men.
The film was embraced by Spainish audiences. It was the Spanish entry for Oscar contention, beating out Pedro Almodovar's TALK TO HER. It won five Goya awards, which is the Spanish equivalent of an Oscar.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mondays in the Sun (Los Lunes al Sol) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- blue collar worker
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- General European
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- General European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Spain
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Spanish
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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