The film s impact is made quietly, with restraint and respect for the individual experiences, everyday challenges and small triumphs of its characters. Jim mckay makes movies about new yorkers who dont often make it to the big screen. Jim mckay on making realist films about people of color. A group of undocumented mexican immigrants work long hours six days a week, and then savor their day of rest on sundays on the soccer fields of brooklyn. Charming film that does an excellent job of putting you in the shoes of others. Simple plot, but the cinematography and excellent use of nonactors made it all work. With fernando cardona, gilberto jimenez, abel perez, genoel ramirez. Septimo dia no descansare stylized as sep7imo dia was a touring arena show by cirque du soleil, inspired by the music of argentinian band soda stereo. It stars victoria abril, yohana cobo and juan diego. The plot, based on a true story, follows a bitter rivalry between two families that started with an illfated love affair, and grows over three decades. Joses bike rides and dropoffs show how free everyone can be with indifference, pissiness, and yes, decency. The plot does set up a somewhat silly sitcomish contrivance at the end, and cardonas comrades are thumbnail sketches, but none of that ruins the film s onthego glimpse of a life. Bicycle delivery guys, construction workers, dishwashers and deli workers, they work long hours six days a week and then savor their day of rest on sundays on the soccer fields of sunset park.
Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Il settimo giorno sui campi di calcio documentario, usa, 2017. Knowing hell be fired if he doesnt show up for work, jose is forced to choose between his job and his loyalty to his team. Mckays control of tone and rhythm is in high gear, creating a work both thoughtprovoking and hugely entertaining. Aug 27, 2010 licensed to youtube by believe music on behalf of nuevos medios s. Bicycle delivery guys, construction workers, dishwashers, deli workers, and. The films impact is made quietly, with restraint and respect for the. On the seventh day is a 2017 american spanishlanguage independent drama film directed by jim mckay. Bmg rights management, latinautor, latinautor peermusic, ascap, cmrra, aresa, sodrac, abramus digital, and 6. On their only day off, they played soccer jim mckay makes movies about new yorkers who dont often make it to the big screen.
Bmg rights management, latinautor, latinautor peermusic, ascap, cmrra, aresa, sodrac, abramus digital, and 6 music rights. This is the kind of movie where you learn everything you need to know about a character not by listening to what he says, but by watching what he does. Seattles only movie times calendar, from the stranger. Set over the course of seven days, the film depicts a group of undocumented mexican immigrants living in sunset park, brooklyn, who form a soccer team. A return to brooklyn for the filmmaker turned television. In its place, mckay observes the life of a mexican immigrant through a poetic lens compassionately documenting raw emotion and. A group of undocumented mexican immigrants work long hours six days a week, and then savor their day of rest on sundays on the soccer fields. Licensed to youtube by believe music on behalf of nuevos medios s. Its a funny, smart film, with an exhilarating final sequence, but its also a biting class critique.