A Perfect Day

R

Released Jan 15, 2016

1h 46m

Comedy

Drama

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Aid workers (Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko) in the Balkans try to retrieve a man's body from a well before it contaminates the water for nearby villagers.

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Critics Consensus

Aid workers get their due in A Perfect Day, which is just different and well-acted enough to overcome its logy pace and narrative clichés.

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la pelicula es interesante,tiene lo suyo 6/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Interesantes situaciones en medio de un conflicto bélico. Buenas actuaciones de buenos actores.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

A perfect day is an interesting little film. The story may not be the most original and there’s clichés but the film has excellent performances that are worth watching. The movie has a good message although the extent of it is not fully explored. Cinematography was also well done. It’s not the most involved film I’ve ever seen but it’s a good indie film with a good message and good performances with just a few slow spots.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/20

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p p

For lack of a nail... or in this case, rope. Tragically funny.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Two stars because I watched the whole thing. Otherwise much ado about nothing. War is bad, devastation, beautiful country but everyone blowing each other up and generally behaving badly. Nothing new is added here. Benicio has a wig. Tim plays himself as usual. The locals are smart and everyone else is dumb. Pointless in the end.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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abuela c

BEAUTIFULLY ACTED, WONDERFUL SCRIPT. GOOD ENDING.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Fernando León de Aranoa

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Benicio del Toro

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Tim Robbins

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Olga Kurylenko

Katya

Mélanie Thierry

Sophie

Fedja Stukan

Damir

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

[de Aranoa is] a director at home with the small things that can make a film great -- interested in what keeps people together when everything around them is being blown apart. It's a wonderful gift.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 15, 2016

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David Stratton

The Australian

Del Toro and Robbins adroitly capture the dark humour of the drama, and their scenes together are gems of bleak comedy.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 10, 2016

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

What the film does well is to immerse us in the tragic weirdness of wartime logic, where nothing works as we would expect. It's a strong, engaging film about how hard it is to wage peace.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 9, 2016

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Nikki Baughan

AWFJ.org

Beautifully shot by cinematographer Alex Catalan...

Sep 29, 2021

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

The director scrubs out the particulars of the Bosnian conflict, consciously aiming to reduce it to a "timeless," universal story.

Feb 26, 2021

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Lucía Ros Serra

Espinof

The new film by Fernando León de Aranoa perfectly combines humor, drama, tenderness and thriller, without ever giving up hope for a better world. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 14, 2020

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Synopsis

Aid workers (Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko) in the Balkans try to retrieve a man's body from a well before it contaminates the water for nearby villagers.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Producer: Patricia de Muns, Javier Méndez
Screenwriter: Fernando León de Aranoa, Diego Farias
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Mediapro Pictures, Televisión Española (TVE), Reposado Producciones
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 46m

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