Released Date:
2002-09-27
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain, France, Italy
Runtime:
113 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (9231 Reviews)
Director:
Fernando Leèn de AranoaFernando Leèn de Aranoa (screenplay)
Ignacio del Moral (screenplay)
2001: men without jobs, in the port city of Vigo. Six men worked in a shipyard, now shuttered. They pass the time at La Naval, a bar opened by one of them after the yard closed. They face their futures in makeshift ways: Rico has his bar and a sharp 15-year-old daughter, Reina has become a watchman and a moralizer, Lino fills out job applications, Amador drinks heavily and talks of his wife's return; Josè is married to Ana, who works at a cannery and tires of being the breadwinner amidst Josè's emasculated moodiness; Santa, the group's conscience and troublemaker, occasionally fantasizes about Australia. In truth, all are joined like Siamese twins, adrift.
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