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A Perfect Day

  • 2015
  • R
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
23K
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A Perfect Day (2015)
A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.
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A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.

  • Director
    • Fernando León de Aranoa
  • Writers
    • Fernando León de Aranoa
    • Diego Farias
    • Paula Farias
  • Stars
    • Benicio Del Toro
    • Tim Robbins
    • Olga Kurylenko
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    23K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fernando León de Aranoa
    • Writers
      • Fernando León de Aranoa
      • Diego Farias
      • Paula Farias
    • Stars
      • Benicio Del Toro
      • Tim Robbins
      • Olga Kurylenko
    • 79User reviews
    • 127Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 23 nominations

    Videos5

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    A Perfect Day: Please, Don't Agree With Me (French Subtitled)
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    A Perfect Day: A Dead Dog Is Not A Corpse (French Subtitled)
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    Benicio Del Toro and Mélanie Thierry in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Benicio Del Toro and Eldar Residovic in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Tim Robbins and Mélanie Thierry in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Fernando León de Aranoa in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Tim Robbins, Benicio Del Toro, Mélanie Thierry, Olga Kurylenko, and Fedja Stukan in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Benicio Del Toro in A Perfect Day (2015)
    A Perfect Day (2015)
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    Tim Robbins in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Benicio Del Toro and Eldar Residovic in A Perfect Day (2015)
    Tim Robbins and Benicio Del Toro in A Perfect Day (2015)

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    Benicio Del Toro
    Benicio Del Toro
    • Mambrú
    Tim Robbins
    Tim Robbins
    • B
    Olga Kurylenko
    Olga Kurylenko
    • Katya
    Mélanie Thierry
    Mélanie Thierry
    • Sophie
    Fedja Stukan
    Fedja Stukan
    • Damir
    Eldar Residovic
    • Nikola
    Sergi López
    Sergi López
    • Goyo
    Nenad Vukelic
    • Nikola's Grandfather
    Morten Suurballe
    Morten Suurballe
    • UN Official at the Briefing
    Ben Temple
    Ben Temple
    • UN Official's Assistant
    Frank Feys
    Frank Feys
    • UN Official at the Well
    Ivan Brkic
    • Store Owner
    Antonio Franic
    • Soldier at the Storage
    Goran Navojec
    • Bosnian NGO Driver
    Dragica Stojkovic
    • Cow Lady
    Goran Grgic
    • Commander at the Checkpoint
    Slaven Spanovic
    Slaven Spanovic
    • Soldier at the Checkpoint
    Mate Gulin
    • Local Old Man
    • Director
      • Fernando León de Aranoa
    • Writers
      • Fernando León de Aranoa
      • Diego Farias
      • Paula Farias
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    • Trivia
      After the public screening of the film during the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2015 (director's fortnight) at Cannes Festival, on the 16th of May 2015, the director and actors present (Benicio Del Toro, Melanie Thierry) received a five minutes standing ovation.
    • Goofs
      Near the start when B and Sophie are driving along the cliff, the aerial shot shows the cliff to be on the left of the road. Then a shot from inside the car shows trees in the background where the cliff was. The when they stop in front of the dead cow, the cliff is on the right side.
    • Quotes

      B: Welcome to Konopac, the Rope Capital of the World. Population: 5. I'm B, I'll be your tour guide this afternoon and I'm pleased to be with you on this lovely day.

    • Soundtracks
      Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
      Written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (as David Stewart)

      Performed by Marilyn Manson

    User reviews79

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    7/10
    an unusual and original addition to black comedy war dramas
    It is ironic that war is the biggest industry on the planet. Its wider industrial domain includes warrior politicians, arms manufacturers and military forces. Less acknowledged, it also includes those who perpetually seek amelioration of its consequences like the United Nations and various humanitarian aid agencies. All of those groups regularly star in movies but aid workers get little cinematic glory. It is in this wider context that the Spanish-directed film A Perfect Day (2015) is an unusual and original addition to black comedy war dramas, least of all because the way it avoids typical war movie scenarios and narratives. It covers 'one perfect day' during the military wind-down in the Balkans crisis of mid 1990s and is a refreshing, entertaining and informative insight into the role of aid workers when the big guns go quiet.

    The story begins and ends with the image of a big fat corpse in a well, dumped deliberately to pollute village water. In between we see the frantic efforts by a small group of aid workers to find scarce rope that can haul him out, and rope becomes a metaphor to join several unconnected incidents that make up the narrative. There Is no sound of bombs or signs of fighting; we only see a beautiful country full of silent monuments to the devastation of war. Bombed-out ghosts of villages, homeless children, poverty and toxic hygiene are some of an aid worker's challenges and black humour is the universal panacea for coping. On this day, the group must deal with the risk of hidden road mines in cattle carcasses, villager distrust and military animosity towards interfering aid workers, and a United Nations bureaucracy that shows little sensitivity towards dispossessed victims of war. Oh, and find a soccer ball for a young boy.

    As with all character-driven films, this one is less about what happens and more about what it is like to be there. The characters built with re-purposed M.A.S.H. traits that are likable, funny and plausible, and the acting is top-class. There are no glory hounds in the group and each has their own coping strengths and emotional foibles. The director orchestrates the characters and sub- stories with perfect tempo to produce a story that is totally engaging if not gripping. You might wonder how a group of loosely disciplined and unaccountable workers can roam freely across a war-ravaged country, or whether the final scene is actually a political statement about their true value. If so, the film has made its mark.
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    • Jun 9, 2016

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Serbian
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Bosnian
    • Also known as
      • Ідеальний день
    • Filming locations
      • Alquife, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Canal+ España
      • Mediapro
      • Orange
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,044
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,069,691
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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