If you can sum up the sentiments of Fernando León de Aranoa's delicate Spanish drama in one phrase, then it is: being on the dole is a bit rubbish. Javier Bardem does balding angst as redundant steelworker Santa, bumming around endless days on the seafront or borrowing beer money to douse his simmering rage. Reduced to substitute babysitting so his friend's daughter can go on a date, he waxes looong and lyrical about the travails of the Costa del Dole.
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