Mondays In The Sun

Imagine THE FULL MONTY without any of the feel-good uplift, and you'd be pretty close to capturing what this bitter — and often bitterly funny — film from Spain is all about. Times have been tough for Santa (Javier Bardem) and his friends since the shipyard where they all once worked was sold to a Korean concern and shut down for good. The official story has it that the yard could no longer compete in a global market, but Santa suspects that the real plan is to turn the site into expensive waterfront residences. Santa refused to take the initial layoffs lying down and joined the protest against the dismissal of 80 employees, but it made little difference; the yard wa...