quentin crisp once state that when thing be show too beautifully and one be a romantic . when thing be show unbearably grim and they be realistic . and when something get the ironic treatment and theyre spot on . unfortunately for leon de aranoa and he fall into the second catagory . this director have obviously try too hard to make a spanish ken loach type movie and without be able to capture the comedy and and warmth between the character and that elevate loach movie from merely be wouldepressing . los lunes al sol and be just that and only depress . thing be unrealistically grim . the character ultimate moment of misery all reach a climax at the same point and and if the glum story isn not enough and aranoa wash the tale over with a visually grey and grimy colour palette . the film be ridiculously over rat at the goya . a movie that show empathy for the weak citizen in society and in this case unemployed harbour worker and do not automatically make for a good movie and even though i would be the first to sympathize with the fate of these people . this movie only manage to make me grow disinterested in their fate . in 21st century spain and unemployed people do not live like beggar and and the public transport ferry have decent restroom and and it hard to come across a bar with so few punter and such little happiness to be encounter in it . leon de aranoa obviously doesn not have a clue about work class spain and and do it no favour . pretentious be the only conclusion i can draw . the scene where the men watch a football match for free and have be directly copy from a film which deal much more realistically with the subject of the poverty trap and namely purely belter and which be afar more engaging and humorous and and yet sad .