A Perfect Day (2015 film)
{{Short description|2015 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox film
|name = A Perfect Day
|image = A Perfect Day (2015 film).jpg
|caption = Theatrical release poster
|director = Fernando León de Aranoa
|producer = Fernando Leon de Aranoa
Jaume Roures{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/a-perfect-day-review-cannes-1201498364/|last=Chang|first=Justin|title=Cannes Film Review: 'A Perfect Day'|magazine=Variety|date=16 May 2015}}
|writer = Fernando León de Aranoa
Diego Fairas{{efn|Collaborating writer}}
|based_on = {{based on|Dejarse Llover|Paula Farias}}
|starring = Olga Kurylenko
Benicio del Toro
Tim Robbins
Mélanie Thierry
|music = Arnau Bataller
|cinematography = Alex Catalán
|editing = Nacho Ruiz Capillas
|studio = Mediapro
Reposado Producciones
TVE
|distributor = Universal Pictures{{cite web|title=A Perfect Day|work=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=1 July 2021|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3577624/?ref_=bo_se_r_1}}
|released = {{Film date|2015|5|16|Cannes|2015|8|26|Spain|df=yes}}
|runtime = 106 minutes
|country = Spain
|language = English
Croatian
Spanish
Romanian
}}
A Perfect Day is a 2015 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. It is based on the novel Dejarse Llover by Paula Farias.{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Hopewell|title=Del Toro, Robbins, Kurylenko Set for Fernando Leon de Aranoa's 'A Perfect Day'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/global/del-toro-robbins-kurylenko-set-for-fernando-leon-de-aranoas-a-perfect-day-1201129930/|magazine=Variety|date=12 March 2014}} It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and is the director's English-language debut.{{cite web|url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/the-directors-fortnight-2015-selection-p487.html|title=The Directors' Fortnight 2015 selection!|accessdate=21 April 2015|website=Quinzaine des Réalisateurs|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423224901/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/the-directors-fortnight-2015-selection-p487.html|archive-date=23 April 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/cannes-directors-fortnight-lineup-unveiled-1201476479/|title=Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Unveils 2015 Lineup|author=Chang, Justin|date=21 April 2015|magazine=Variety}}
Plot
Veteran humanitarian aid workers Mambrú (Benicio del Toro) and B (Tim Robbins), and newcomer Sophie (Mélanie Thierry), accompanied by their interpreter Damir (Fedja Štukan), try to retrieve a corpse from a well somewhere in former Yugoslavia at the end of the Yugoslav Wars.
Their first attempt fails because their rope tears, so they set out to find another rope, which turns out to be more difficult than expected. They are joined in their endeavor by Mambrú's former lover Katya (Olga Kurylenko) and a young local boy named Nikola.
Cast
- Benicio del Toro as Mambrú
- Tim Robbins as B
- Olga Kurylenko as Katya
- Mélanie Thierry as Sophie
- Fedja Štukan as Damir
- Eldar Residovic as Nikola
- Sergi López as Goyo
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 71% approval rating, based on 58 reviews. The consensus reads: "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".{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_perfect_day|title=A Perfect Day (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|accessdate=1 July 2021}} On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 59 out of 100, sampled from 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-perfect-day/|title=A Perfect Day|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=1 July 2021}}
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said that, the film is "a serviceable, watchable movie".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/movies/review-a-perfect-day-about-aid-workers-in-the-balkans.html|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|title=Review: 'A Perfect Day' About Aid Workers in the Balkans|work=The New York Times|date=14 January 2016|accessdate=1 July 2021}} Henry Barnes of The Guardian compared the film's humor to that of M*A*S*H,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/16/a-perfect-day-review-cannes-2015-film-benicio-del-toro-tim-robbins|last=Barnes|first=Henry|title=A Perfect Day review - Del Toro and Robbins in imperfect aid work adventure|work=The Guardian|date=16 May 2015|accessdate=1 July 2021}} while Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly criticized female characters of Mélanie Thierry and Olga Kurylenko for being "disappointingly thin".{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/15/a-perfect-day-ew-review/|last=Nashawaty|first=Chris|title='A Perfect Day': EW review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=15 January 2016}}
Awards and nominations
Benicio del Toro was presented with the honorary award, Heart of Sarajevo, at the Sarajevo Film Festival.{{cite magazine|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|title=Benicio Del Toro to Receive Heart of Sarajevo Award at Film Festival in Bosnia|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/benicio-del-toro-to-receive-heart-of-sarajevo-award-at-film-festival-in-bosnia-1201547975/|magazine=Variety|date=24 July 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.x-verleih.de/filme/a-perfect-day/|Official site (German language)}}
- {{IMDb title|3577624}}
{{Fernando León de Aranoa}}
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Category:2015 comedy-drama films
Category:Spanish comedy-drama films
Category:English-language Spanish films
Category:Films directed by Fernando León de Aranoa