Días azules (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Miguel Santesmases

Writers:

Antón Casariego (writer)
Martín Casariego (writer)

Release Date:

11 August 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Reunited Brothers | Summer Vacation

Cast

Óscar Jaenada	...	Boris
Javier Pereira	...	Álex
Javier Ríos	...	Carlos
Marta Larralde	...	Belén
Celia Freijeiro	...	Genoveva
Dani Méndez	...	Germán
María Castro	...	Estela
Cristina Castaño	...	Elena
Denis Gómez	...	Luis
Lua Testa	...	Alicia
Xosé A. Touriñán	...	Pincha La Palma (as José Touriñán)
María Caínzo	...	Rubia 1
Zara Sobral	...	Rubia 2
Enoque Meneses	...	Marinero brasileño
Laura Silva	...	Señora barco

Also Known As:

Blue Days (International: English title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

El Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Company:

Cre-Acción Films S.L.

Soundtrack:

Días azules

Good movie, great soundtrack

"Dias azules" manages to make the most of its simple plot line. Although it's being marketed as somewhat of a comedy, this movie isn't a comedy per se. It's a coming of age movie, and a pretty good one. The soundtrack is great, and the fact that the setting is in a small town is interesting (given that a lot of movies in this vein have been set in Madrid or Barcelona lately.)I liked the fact that the relationship between the brothers wasn't over sentimentalized. "Dias azules" is a movie where not a lot happens, the characters lives are marked by one big event and then the rest of the film bares this out. I like that not all of the characters' lives are neatly wrapped up.

Also, this movie has nothing to do with the external review in Variety, about a documentary about digging up Civil War graves, also called "Dias azules."