A piercingly clever comedy from Spain, featuring Academy Award winner Javier Bardem at the top of his game. Blanco (Bardem), the charismatic owner of a family-run scale factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of the perfect company cracks as Blanco has to deal with a vengeful fired worker, a depressed supervisor, and an infatuated ambitious intern. To win the award, the manipulative “good boss” shamelessly meddles in his employees’ private lives and crosses every line imaginable, unknowingly starting an explosive chain reaction with wild consequences that may leave the prize and his future hanging in the balance.
In addition to a delicious glass of sangria, these screenings will include a specially recorded introduction from director Fernando León de Aranoa and the film’s star Javier Bardem!
April 5 | 6:15pm Arrivals for 6:30pm Screening
Palace Movie Club: $18
Palace Golden Club: $18
General Admission: $24
“Bardem soars… a modern Machiavelli with an MBA in management, he is riveting.”
– Deadline
“Outright belly-laughs”
– Screen International
“Hilarious and accomplished dark comedy about the indignities of working life. A tour de force satire”
– CineEuropa
“A masterpiece”
– El Mundo
Palace Balwyn
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Palace Brighton Bay
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Pentridge Cinema
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Palace Cinema Como
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
The Kino
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Palace Westgarth
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Palace Electric
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Palace Raine Square
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
Palace Byron Bay
Tuesday, April 5
6:15pm Sangria on Arrival
6:30pm Session
