Category: Mondays in the Sun

  • Mondays in the Sun (2002, Fernando León de Aranoa)

    Outstanding, sometimes comedic, often tragic look at the lives of a group of laid off Spanish ship-builders, four years after the yard closes, as they contend with economic depression, alcoholic depression, unemployment, and the resulting martial strife. Truly great script (co-written by director de Aranoa and Ignacio del Moral), excellent performances from principals Javier Bardem,…