After losing their jobs at a local shipyard, a group of friends tries to cope with the emotional and spiritual consequences of unemployment. Evoking both the neorealist Italian comedies of the 1950s and the more recent social realist works of Ken Loach, director León (Barrio, Familia) sets the story of these men’s lives against a grim post-industrial landscape, where the vivid cast of characters struggles collectively to maintain dignity in the face of overwhelming economic hardship. Javier Bardem solidifies his reputation as one of the great contemporary European actors in his portrayal of Santa, an indignant yet kind-hearted man raging against the broken promises of modern capitalist society.