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The Hours of the Day (Las Horas del Día)

Jaime Rosales
Spain / 2003 / 110 min / Spanish with English subtitles

Honored at the Cannes Film Festival with the Fipresci award, Jaime Rosales’s debut feature signals a new direction for Spanish cinema. Running a clothing boutique on the outskirts of Barcelona, Abel (a frighteningly excellent performance by Alex Brendemuhl) spends his spare time hanging out with his girlfriend Tere (Àgata Roca). But he also commits acts of unprovoked and lethal violence…