Las horas del día

The hours of the day
Director
Jaime Rosales
Country
Spain
Year
2003
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Jaime Rosales / Enric Rufas
Cast
Alex Brendemühl / Vicente Romero / Maria Antonia Martínez / Agata Roca
Production
Fresdeval Films S.L. / In Vitro Films S.A.

Storyline

Abel lives with his mother in a small town in the outskirts of Barcelona. His whole life revolves around their small family business, his mother's house, his girlfriend's bed, the corner newsstand and the neighbourhood bars and cafés. It's always more of the same: the same old problems, same faces, and the same old conversations. However, under his pleasant, calm exterior, something inexplicably cracks apart, and does so repeatedly. He is powerless to stop it...

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2003
Made in Spain
Festival de Cannes 2003

Cannes Awards 2003
Directors' Fortnight (Selection)
FIPRESCI Award