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Wikipedia article
'Casual Day' is a 2007 Spanish dark workplace comedy film directed by Max Lemcke. The ensemble cast features Juan Diego, Luis Tosar, Estbaliz Gabilondo, Arturo Valls, Alberto San Juan, Malena Alterio, lex Angulo, Carlos Kaniowsky, Secun de la Rosa, Marta Etura and Mikel Losada.
Plot
Ruy is a young man who has always had it easy. But Jos Antonio, the father of his girlfriend Ins, gets him a job promotion in the company as Jos Antonio wants to groom Ruy as his successor, even if Ruy actually wants to dump Ins, so he finds himself cornered.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Pablo and Daniel Remn. A Monfort Producciones, Telecinco Cinema and Videntia Frames production, the film was shot in between Madrid and Amasa (Gipuzkoa). Shooting wrapped in 2006.
Release
The film premiered at the San Sebastin International Film Festival in September 2007. It also screened at the Gothenburg Film Festival, the Miami Film Festival and the Mlaga Spanish Film Festival. It was theatrically released in Spain on 9 May 2008.
Reception
Reviewing for 'Fotogramas', Mirito Torreiro rated 'Casual Day' with 4 out of 5 stars, drawing out the entire cast, "without exception", to be the best thing about the film, assessing it to be "a stimulating 'opera prima' that sheds light on the real situation of labour relations".
Javier Ocaa of 'El Pas' deemed the film to be a "choral portrait of private and public contempt as stark as it is humorous, performed by a magnificent group of comedians", "written with precision, simplicity and an extremely dark sense of humour".
Accolades
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| align = "center" rowspan = "7" | 2009 || rowspan = "7" | 64th CEC Medals || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || rowspan = "7" |
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| Best Director || Max Lemcke ||
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| Best Actor || Juan Diego ||
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| Best Supporting Actor || Luis Tosar ||
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| Best Supporting Actress || Estbaliz Gabilondo ||
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| Best Original Screenplay || Daniel Remn, Pablo Remn ||
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| Best Newcomer || Max Lemcke ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2008
References
Category:Workplace comedy films
Category:2007 films
Category:Spanish black comedy films
Category:2007 black comedy films
Category:Films shot in Madrid
Category:Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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