{{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox film | image = Casual Day poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|09||San Sebastián|2008|05|09|Spain}} | director= Max Lemcke | writer = {{ubl|Pablo Remón|Daniel Remón}} | starring = {{Plain list| * Juan Diego * Luis Tosar * Javier Ríos * Estíbaliz Gabilondo * Alberto San Juan * Arturo Valls * Álex Angulo * Carlos Kaniowsky * Secun de la Rosa * Mikel Losada * Malena Alterio }} | cinematography = Javier Palacios | music = Pierre Omer | producer = {{ubl|Iker Monfort|Álvaro Augustin}} | studio = {{ubl|Monfort Producciones|Telecinco Cinema|Videntia Frames}} | distributor = Buena Vista International | country = Spain | language = Spanish }} '''''Casual Day''''' is a 2007 Spanish dark workplace comedy film directed by Max Lemcke. The ensemble cast features Juan Diego, Luis Tosar, Estíbaliz Gabilondo, Arturo Valls, Alberto San Juan, Malena Alterio, Álex Angulo, Carlos Kaniowsky, Secun de la Rosa, Marta Etura and Mikel Losada.
== Plot == Ruy is a young man who has always had it easy. But José Antonio, the father of his girlfriend Inés, gets him a job promotion in the company as José Antonio wants to groom Ruy as his successor, even if Ruy actually wants to dump Inés, so he finds himself cornered.
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Juan Diego as José Antonio<ref name="ep">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-juan-diego-luis-tosar-alberto-san-juan-marta-etura-javier-rios-protagonizan-comedia-acida-casual-day-20080507211551.html|website=Europa Press|date=7 May 2008|title=Juan Diego, Luis Tosar, Alberto San Juan, Marta Etura y Javier Ríos protagonizan la "comedia ácida" 'Casual Day'}}</ref> * {{ill|Javier Ríos|es}} as Ruy<ref name="ep" /> * Luis Tosar as Cholo<ref name="ep" /> * Alberto San Juan as psychologist<ref name="ep" /> * Marta Etura as Inés<ref name="ep" /> * Estíbaliz Gabilondo as Marta<ref name="ep" /> * Arturo Valls as Morales<ref name="ep" /> * Secun de la Rosa<ref name="ep" /> * Malena Alterio as Bea<ref name="ep" /> * Alex Angulo as Arozamena<ref name="ep" /> * Carlos Kaniowsky as Velasco<ref name="ep" /> * Mikel Losada<ref name="diariosur" /> }}
== Production == The screenplay was penned by Pablo and Daniel Remón.<ref name="elmundo" /> A Monfort Producciones, Telecinco Cinema and Videntia Frames production,<ref name="academia" /> the film was shot in between Madrid and Amasa (Gipuzkoa).<ref name="elmundo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/12/13/cultura/1166014363.html|title=Concluye en Madrid el rodaje de 'Casual Day', una comedia sobre las rivalidades laborales|website=El Mundo}}</ref> Shooting wrapped in 2006.<ref name="elmundo" />
== Release == The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2007.<ref name="diariodemallorca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/sociedad/2008/03/04/festival-miami-acoge-entusiasmo-pelicula-4310856.html|website=Diario de Mallorca|date=4 March 2008|title=El Festival de Miami acoge con entusiasmo película española "Casual Day"}}</ref> It also screened at the Gothenburg Film Festival, the Miami Film Festival and the Málaga Spanish Film Festival.<ref name="diariodemallorca" /><ref name="diariosur">{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/20080404/mas-actualidad/cultura/casual-lencke-muestra-relaciones-200804042007.html|website=Diario Sur|date=4 April 2008|title='Casual day', de Max Lencke, muestra las relaciones de poder en la empresa}}</ref> It was theatrically released in Spain on 9 May 2008.<ref name="academia">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revista_academia_cine_151.pdf|date=December 2008|page=25|title=Películas españolas estrenadas|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|location=Madrid|issn=1136-8144|journal=Academia|issue=151}}</ref>
== Reception == Reviewing for ''Fotogramas'', Mirito Torreiro rated ''Casual Day'' with 4 out of 5 stars, drawing out the entire cast, "without exception", to be the best thing about the film, assessing it to be "a stimulating ''opera prima'' that sheds light on the real situation of labour relations".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a178416/casual-day/|website=Fotogramas|date=24 June 2008|first=Mirito|last=Torreiro|title=Casual Day}}</ref>
Javier Ocaña of ''El País'' deemed the film to be a "choral portrait of private and public contempt as stark as it is humorous, performed by a magnificent group of comedians", "written with precision, simplicity and an extremely dark sense of humour".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/05/09/cine/1210284010_850215.html|website=El País|date=9 May 2008|title=Humillación laboral|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|author-link=Javier Ocaña}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | align = "center" rowspan = "7" | 2009 || rowspan = "7" | 64th CEC Medals || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{won}} || rowspan = "7" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2008 |publisher=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos |url=http://cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2008.htm |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801192118/http://cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2008.htm |archive-date=1 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | Best Director || Max Lemcke || {{won}} |- | Best Actor || Juan Diego || {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor || Luis Tosar || {{nom}} |- | Best Supporting Actress || Estíbaliz Gabilondo || {{nom}} |- | Best Original Screenplay || Daniel Remón, Pablo Remón || {{won}} |- | Best Newcomer || Max Lemcke || {{nom}} |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2008
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Category:Workplace comedy films Category:2007 films Category:Spanish black comedy films Category:2007 black comedy films Category:Films shot in Madrid Category:Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:2007 Spanish films Category:2007 Spanish-language films Category:Buena Vista International films