The Hours of the Day

Las horas del día

Thirty-five-year-old Abel follows the same torturous routine every day, making the same route through an outlying suburb of Barcelona and seeing the same familiar faces. But, as is the case with seemingly placid appearances, a dark abyss opens under the calm surface. One Thursday evening, Abel kills again. Maintaining a clinical gaze to the micro-universe of the killer next door, Rosales presents already in his first film a lesson on maintaining the right atmosphere and pace, where every second counts.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Jaime Rosales

Script: Jaime Rosales, Enric Rufas

Cinematography: Óscar Durán

Editing: Nino Martínez Sosa

Sound: Manuel Carreras

Actors: Alex Brendemühl, Vicente Romero, María Antonia Martínez

Producers: José María de Orbe, Ricard Figueras, Jaime Rosales

Art Direction: Leo Casamitjana

Costumes: Magda Cruellas

Make Up: Anna Álvarez

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Spain

Production Year: 2003

Duration: 103΄

Contact: Jaime Rosales

Awards/Distinctions: FIPRESCI Award (Directors' Fortnight) – Cannes IFF 2003

Jaime Rosales

After receiving a degree in Business Economics from ESADE, his devotion to film was fostered when he won a scholarship in 1996 to study film at the prestigious International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Havana and then at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney. He has given courses, talks and lectures at numerous universities, film schools and art centers. Of special note among his collaborations and participations are the following: the Prado Museum, Caixa Forum, the Picasso Foundation in Málaga, the Reina Sofía Museum, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Artium Vitoria Museum, CCCB in Barcelona, the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad of Barcelona, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, ECAM, EICTV, ESADE, New York University, Université de Lyon, and IBAFF. In March 2014, he had a full retrospective of his work shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He has received the National Culture Award by the Generalitat de Catalunya and he is been honored Knight of the Arts and Letters by France’s Ministry of Culture.