The Hours of the Day

{{Infobox film

| image = The Hours of the Day poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Las horas del día|nolink=yes}}

| director = Jaime Rosales

| producer = {{Ubl|Jaime Rosales|Ricard Figueras}}

| screenplay = {{ubl|Jaime Rosales|Enric Rufas}}

| starring = {{Plain list|

Alex Brendemühl
Vicente Romero
María Antonia Martínez
Àgata Roca
Pape Monsoriu

}}

| studio = {{ubl|Fresdeval Films|In Vitro Films}}

| cinematography = Óscar Durán

| editing = Nino Martínez

| released = {{Film date|2003|05|19|Cannes|2003|06|06|Spain|df=yes}}

| distributor = Nirvana Films

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

}}

The Hours of the Day ({{langx|es|Las horas del día|links=no}}) is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by Jaime Rosales (in his feature film debut) from a screenplay by Rosales and Enric Rufas which stars Alex Brendemühl.

Plot

The plot follows the daily life of a killer living with his mother in El Prat de Llobregat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcncatfilmcommission.com/es/films/las-horas-del-d%C3%ADa|title=Las horas del día|access-date=30 July 2023|website=Barcelona Film Commission {{!}} Catalunya Film Commission|publisher=Ajuntament de Barcelona. Institut de Cultura}}

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Alex Brendemühl as Abel{{Cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films|chapter=Las horas del día (The Hours of the Day) (2003)|first=Rebeca|last=Martín|page=202|year=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442271333|location=Lanham|editor-first=Salvador|editor-last=Jimenez Murguía|editor-first2=Alex|editor-last2=Pinar}}
{{ill|Àgata Roca|es}} as Tere{{Sfn|Martín|2018|p=202}}
María Antonia Martínez as madre de Abel{{Sfn|Bellón Aguilera|2010|p=72}}
Vicente Romero as Marcos{{Sfn|Martín|2018|p=202}}
Pape Monsoriu as Trini{{Sfn|Martín|2018|p=202}}
Irene Belza as Carmen{{Sfn|Martín|2018|p=202}}
{{ill|Anna Sahun|es}} as María{{Sfn|Martín|2018|p=202}}
{{ill|Isabel Rocatti|es}} as taxista{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FYwFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA469|page=469|title=Muertes creativas en el cine|first=Joan|last=Marimón|publisher=Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona|location=Barcelona|year=2018|isbn=978-84-9168-117-5}}
Armando Aguirre as señor mayor{{Sfn|Bellón Aguilera|2010|p=72}}

}}

Production

The film is a Fresdeval Films and In Vitro Films production.{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=243}} Shooting locations included El Prat de Llobregat.

Release

The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight independent section of the 56th Cannes Film Festival's in May 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2003/05/20/horas-dia-jaime-rosales-interesante-ayer-cannes/0003_1690619.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title="Las horas del día", de Jaime Rosales, fue lo mas interesante de ayer en Cannes|date=20 May 2003|author=Boquerini}} Distributed by Nirvana Films,{{Cite journal|url=https://dokumenty.osu.cz/ff/journals/studiaromanistica/10-1/SR_1_2010_6_Bellon-Aguilera.pdf|journal=Studia Romanistica|volume=10|issue=1|year=2010|title=Las horas del día, de Jaime Rosales: un psycho-thriller made in Spain|first=José Luis|last=Bellón Aguilera|page=72}} it was released theatrically in Spain on 6 June 2003, grossing €191,967 (38,821 admissions).{{Cite book|last=Caparrós Lera|year=2005|title=La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003)|isbn=84-460-2414-4|first=José María|publisher=Ediciones AKAL|location=Tres Cantos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wJ8Hoa5FDEC&pg=PA243|page=243}}

Reception

Lisa Nesselson of Variety assessed that the film "boasts a crisp sense of observation in the service of a story many will judge aimless".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/the-hours-of-the-day-1200541567/|website=Variety|first=Lisa|last=Nesselson|title=The Hours of the Day|date=19 May 2003}}

Nuria Vidal of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that instead of "good" and "bad" characters, intrigue or investigation or psychology and explanations, "there is a good dose of pure cinema" within.{{cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a7241/las-horas-del-dia/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|first=Nuria|last=Vidal|title=Las horas del día}}

Accolades

| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2004 || rowspan = "2" | 18th Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || Jaime Rosales, Enric Rufas || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|access-date=10 August 2022|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/las-horas-del-dia|title=Las horas del día|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|website=premiosgoya.com}}

| Best New Director || Jaime Rosales || {{nom}}