2018
TV-14
The Cinema Guild
1 h 32 m

2018
TV-14
The Cinema Guild
1 h 32 m

Summary En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day) follows a group of undocumented immigrants living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn over the course of seven days. Bicycle delivery guys, construction workers, dishwashers, deli workers and cotton candy vendors, they work long hours six days a week and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer f...

Drama

Directed By: Jim McKay

Written By: Jim McKay

2018
TV-14
The Cinema Guild
1 h 32 m

2018
TV-14
The Cinema Guild
1 h 32 m

En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)

Name: En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)
Genre: Drama
Released: 2018-06-08
Duration: 1 min 32 s
Rating: 87
Cast: Fernando Cardona, Gilberto Jimenez, Abel Perez, Genoel Ramírez, Alfonso Velazquez

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Jun 26, 2018

Cardona’s brilliance emanates here. His performance is contingent on facial expressions and physical tics rather than words. His alluring face is juxtaposed by painful weariness, sullen eyes and a sense of humanity like no other.

By Kyle Kohner FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jun 16, 2018

As we hang on the film’s plot twists, we also quietly absorb its points about the power of community and the purposeful determination of immigrants to create better lives for their families, not as special pleading but as something powerful and convincing.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jun 7, 2018

“En el Séptimo Día” pulls off the tricky feat of feeling utterly natural as it ratchets with the mechanics of drama and suspense.

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Chicago Tribune

Jul 26, 2018

McKay has worked mostly in episodic television in recent years, and “On the Seventh Day” marks his confident, neatly ordered but freshly observed return to feature filmmaking. He’s working with nonactors here, in a fruitful halfway point between documentary and conventional fictional narrative.

By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

Christian Science Monitor

Jun 22, 2018

McKay is very good where it counts the most: He understands these immigrants from the inside out, and, against all odds, he allows us to rejoice in their hopes.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Jun 20, 2018

McKay doesn’t take sides in the immigration debate, although he is clearly sympathetic of these hard-working young men who experience great indignities to work jobs most of us would not want. His approach is more cinema verite than high-stakes drama. It is almost a gentle, sweet film.

By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

May 24, 2018

En el Séptimo Día aims not for a glorified, glamorized version of an existence only slightly above poverty nor an excessive grittiness with pretenses towards “realism.” Rather, it seeks to portray a certain way of life with compassion, vitality, and above all fidelity, aims that are deeply felt and executed throughout this remarkable, vigorous film.

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Production Company C-Hundred Film Corporation

Release Date Jun 8, 2018

Duration 1 h 32 m

Rating TV-14

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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Locarno International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Fernando Cardona

José

Gilberto Jimenez

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Abel Perez

Jesús

Genoel Ramírez

Artemio

Alfonso Velazquez

Felix

Alejandro Huitzil

Nacho

Gilberto Arenas

Alfonso

Ricardo Gonzalez

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Cristofer Huitzil

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Delfino

Ernesto Lucero

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