Monday Morning Maybe

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The Bricklayers

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1976 | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved L.A. Confidential or Nightcrawler, start here.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 2 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in Spanish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1976: an older pace and style.

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 1K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jorge Fons

  • Ignacio López TarsoDon Jesus
  • Adalberto MartínezPatotas
  • Jaime FernándezPerez Gomez
  • José AlonsoFederico
  • Salvador SánchezChapo Álvarez
  • Katy JuradoJosefina
  • José Carlos RuizJacinto Martínez
  • David SilvaIng. Zamora
  • Eduardo CassabMunguia
  • Salvador GarciniSergio García