Post by Mitch on Jun 8, 2005 10:00:16 GMT
Anyone fancy a trip into Manchester sometime between Friday 17th June - Thursday 23rd June. (they do late shows during the week starting at 8.40pm so any eve from Mon 20 - Thurs 23rd June could be fine - fancy it Michele and Kaz??)
There's a film showing between these dates called 'Mondays in the Sun' (Los Lunes al Sol), by this Spanish director called Fernando Leon de Aranoa.
Here's the Cornerhouse summary of it:
"Santa is the unofficial leader of a gang of shipbuilders who lost their jobs when the yard closed down. Years later, only two of them have found work. Attempting to support each other, the rest drift through their individual daily rituals, based around the bar owned by a former workmate. Theirs is a world of perpetual sundays. Built upon quiet but affecting performances (especially Bardem and Tosar as his best mate) this moving drama was Spain's submission to the 2003 Oscars and the winner of 5 Goyas in 2003."
Here's what Fernando Leon de Aranoa said about it:
"I wanted to tell the story of the characters' feelings. What happens when you find yourself unemployed and how it affects what happens at home, how you interact with your spouse, etc. I felt I was capable of doing that, telling the story from a more human perspective. I also wanted to explore how people in that situation suffer and all the drama that comes with that but also with all the humor and everything else. How people in those situations are still able to laugh......
The movie isn't based on one true story, it's based on thousands of true stories. Little things in the movie came from different places. The title comes from an unemployed workers' strike in France six or seven years ago. I also gathered information on many individual incidents, including the firing of dockworkers in Vigo (where we filmed). And what happened in Gijon when 90 workers were fired and the reaction of the 300 workers who weren't. They refused to accept the layoffs of their coworkers. I went up to Gijon with a BetaCam and a friend and we spent a week with the workers in the docks. The entire ordeal lasted almost a month."
I'm interested in this Spanish director's work (I think he's a Basque filmmaker), and thought I'd start with this one. Other films he's made which look interesting include:
Family (1997), Travellers (2001) and District (1998). He seems to be a filmmaker focussing on the human side of struggle, how it has a knock on effect into the home and family, exploring the feelings of those involved.
I think this is pretty timely, in a bureaucratic context if you will, and I'm interested in this aspect of struggle.
Interestingly this film was a massive success in Spain when it was released, breaking box office records. People must have connected with the 'feelings' of the characters - the human element.
There's a film showing between these dates called 'Mondays in the Sun' (Los Lunes al Sol), by this Spanish director called Fernando Leon de Aranoa.
Here's the Cornerhouse summary of it:
"Santa is the unofficial leader of a gang of shipbuilders who lost their jobs when the yard closed down. Years later, only two of them have found work. Attempting to support each other, the rest drift through their individual daily rituals, based around the bar owned by a former workmate. Theirs is a world of perpetual sundays. Built upon quiet but affecting performances (especially Bardem and Tosar as his best mate) this moving drama was Spain's submission to the 2003 Oscars and the winner of 5 Goyas in 2003."
Here's what Fernando Leon de Aranoa said about it:
"I wanted to tell the story of the characters' feelings. What happens when you find yourself unemployed and how it affects what happens at home, how you interact with your spouse, etc. I felt I was capable of doing that, telling the story from a more human perspective. I also wanted to explore how people in that situation suffer and all the drama that comes with that but also with all the humor and everything else. How people in those situations are still able to laugh......
The movie isn't based on one true story, it's based on thousands of true stories. Little things in the movie came from different places. The title comes from an unemployed workers' strike in France six or seven years ago. I also gathered information on many individual incidents, including the firing of dockworkers in Vigo (where we filmed). And what happened in Gijon when 90 workers were fired and the reaction of the 300 workers who weren't. They refused to accept the layoffs of their coworkers. I went up to Gijon with a BetaCam and a friend and we spent a week with the workers in the docks. The entire ordeal lasted almost a month."
I'm interested in this Spanish director's work (I think he's a Basque filmmaker), and thought I'd start with this one. Other films he's made which look interesting include:
Family (1997), Travellers (2001) and District (1998). He seems to be a filmmaker focussing on the human side of struggle, how it has a knock on effect into the home and family, exploring the feelings of those involved.
I think this is pretty timely, in a bureaucratic context if you will, and I'm interested in this aspect of struggle.
Interestingly this film was a massive success in Spain when it was released, breaking box office records. People must have connected with the 'feelings' of the characters - the human element.
