---
title: 'Mondays in the Sun (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fernando León de Aranoa'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mondays-in-the-sun-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319769/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mondays in the Sun (2002)

2002 · 113 min · Drama · France, Italy, Spain

Original title: Los lunes al sol

## Synopsis

Mondays in the Sun is a 2002 drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fernando León de Aranoa](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-leon-de-aranoa)
- **Screenplay:** [Fernando León de Aranoa](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-leon-de-aranoa), [Ignacio del Moral Ituarte](https://cinepixo.com/people/ignacio-del-moral-ituarte)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lucio Godoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-godoy)
- **Producer:** [Elías Querejeta](https://cinepixo.com/people/elias-querejeta)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfredo F. Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-f-mayo)
- **Editor:** [Nacho Ruiz Capillas](https://cinepixo.com/people/nacho-ruiz-capillas)

## Cast

- [Celso Bugallo Aguiar](https://cinepixo.com/people/celso-bugallo-aguiar)
- [Fernando Tejero](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tejero)
- [Javier Bardem](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-bardem)
- [Antonio Durán "Morris"](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-duran-morris)
- [Aida Folch](https://cinepixo.com/people/aida-folch)
- [Nieve de Medina](https://cinepixo.com/people/nieve-de-medina)
- [Jesús Vázquez](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-vazquez)
- [José Ángel Egido](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-angel-egido)
- [Luis Tosar](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-tosar)
- [Luísa Merelas](https://cinepixo.com/people/luisa-merelas)
- [Serge Riaboukine](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-riaboukine)
- [Andrés Lima](https://cinepixo.com/people/andres-lima)
- [Enrique Villén](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-villen)
- [Joaquín Climent](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-climent)
- [Mónica García](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-garcia)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mondays-in-the-sun-2002
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