Although the original Catalan title of the film by Neus Ballus (author of the acclaimed 2013 debut “La Plagua”) could literally be translated as six ordinary days, little is ordinary for the main protagonist of this humorous drama. He is Moha, a Moroccan plumber who is trying to find a job in Barcelona while also learning Catalan, which makes fun of his roommates who seem to do nothing but lie on the couch all day. But one day luck seems to smile on him too, because he will find a job in a company that hires craftsmen for everything.
But before he gets the job, he will have to pass a trial period of one week, and Moha will be taken care of by the elderly master Valero, who is nervous and grumpy not only because he is on a diet, but also because his longtime partner Pep has decided finally retire. It is one of the films in which the boundaries between fiction and documentary seem to be erased, because somewhat in the footsteps of the German Fassbinder, Ballus hired amateur actors who really look like real Spanish masters for everything. So even though we follow their almost everyday situations as they enter people’s apartments and houses and get to know a cross-section of Catalan society, at times it seems almost surreal, completely eccentric, bizarre.
It is a film that pokes fun at the prejudices in Spanish, especially Catalan, society in a fun, charming and endearing way. And not only racially, since Moha will think that Valero is constantly oppressing him because he is a racist and does not like Africans, although this is not exactly the case. The film is about prejudices about people like Valero, Pep and Moha, craftsmen and manual workers, about people who are often looked down upon, but they are people whose skills always come in handy. “Sis dies correntes” premiered at the Locarno festival, where Mohamed Mellali and Valero Escolar shared the award for best actor, even though this eccentric dramedy was their first film experience.