5.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Drama • 2026 • 78 min • Adults (18+)
53 Sundays (2026)
53 Sundays (2026)
Overview
53 Sundays is a Spanish comedy-drama directed by Cesc Gay, adapted from his play 53 diumenges. Three siblings—Julián (Javier Cámara), Natalia (Carmen Machi), and Víctor (Javier Gutiérrez)—meet to discuss care for their 86-year-old father, sparking bickering and old grudges. Alexandra Jiménez co-stars as Carolina.
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N/A
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
5.9
Overview
53 Sundays is a Spanish comedy-drama directed by Cesc Gay, adapted from his play 53 diumenges. Three siblings—Julián (Javier Cámara), Natalia (Carmen Machi), and Víctor (Javier Gutiérrez)—meet to discuss care for their 86-year-old father, sparking bickering and old grudges. Alexandra Jiménez co-stars as Carolina.
Starring Cast
N/A
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film's core conflict revolves around siblings' inability to address their father's needs due to personal flaws and poor communication, presented without ideological slant. This focus on universal relational dynamics determines its neutral stance.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
Casting uses Spanish actors for a family-centric story, aligning with traditional representation without diverse recasting or intentional DEI elements. The narrative explores sibling relationships and parental care through everyday conflicts, lacking explicit critiques of traditional identities or central DEI messaging.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays adult sibling relationships marked by petty rivalries, resentments, and avoidance of parental care responsibilities, presenting a realistic but flawed view of family interactions without clear endorsement of traditional or progressive norms. This balanced depiction of dysfunction and warmth leads to a neutral rating.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium
The film features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes. It centers on heterosexual family dynamics without queer representation.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
The film offers no depiction of transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on family tensions among three cisgender siblings addressing their aging father's care, with no elements involving transgender identity or experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The film adapts Cesc Gay's 2020 play 53 diumenges, featuring three siblings—two brothers and one sister—whose genders match the original stage characters played by actors of corresponding genders. The fourth character, a sister-in-law, is also female in both versions. No gender swaps occur.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The film adapts a contemporary Spanish play about a family, with characters portrayed by actors of matching ethnicity to the source material. No legacy or historical figures are recast across racial lines.
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5.9
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