The Odd-Job Men
Saturday 19/11/2022
19:00 “The Odd-Job Men” Screening
21:00 Q&A with actors and Moritz beer
Price: 85 kr. (55 kr. for Cinemateket members, 75 kr. for students and seniors)
Location: Cinemateket, ASTA
Director: Neus Ballús
Screenplay: Neus Ballús, Margarita Melgar
Cast: Mohamed Mellali, Valero Escolar, Pep Sarrà
Year: 2021
Languages featured: Catalan with English subtitles
Original title: “Sis dies corrents”
Synopsis:
Based on real situations and characters, The Odd-Job Men recounts the daily life of Moha, Valero and Pep, workers of a small plumbing company and electricity in the outskirts of Barcelona. For a week Moha, the youngest, will have to show that he’s prepared to replace Pep, who’s retiring. But Valero considers that Moha “isn’t suited to doing the job”, and doubts that clients will accept a Moroccan worker in their homes.
Based on real situations and characters, The Odd-Job Men recounts the daily life of Moha, Valero and Pep, workers of a small plumbing company and electricity in the outskirts of Barcelona. For a week Moha, the youngest, will have to show that he’s prepared to replace Pep, who’s retiring. But Valero considers that Moha “isn’t suited to doing the job”, and doubts that clients will accept a Moroccan worker in their homes.