![]() ![]() A Perfect Day tells the story of a group of aid workers working in the midst of the Balkan crisis in 1995. The film is made by Spaniards, told in English, and takes place in the Balkans, a very curious mix, which nonetheless produced one of the best films of the year. This brings us to A Perfect Day the newest film from Spanish director Fernando Leon de Aranoa. įrom awards and shut out from the box office doesn't mean foreign films don't have quality, just look at the great Italian films Cinema Paradiso or Life is Beautiful, or at Jacques Tati's film repertoire, Almodovar and Amenabar in Spain, Michael Haneke in Austria, and the great master Miyazaki and Kurozawa in Japan. At one point, one of the characters, seeing Olga Kurylenko for the first time, mutters under his breath, "And so where is she from – Models without Borders?" The sub-plot involving the young Bosnian boy, Nikola, who attaches himself to the team, is also great.This is a powerful film that is authentic in its treatment. The impressive cast features American Tim Robbins, Spaniard Benicio del Toro, Ukrainian Olga Kurylenko who was a Bond girl in A Quantum of Solace, Frenchwoman Melanie Thierry, and Bosnian Fedja Stukan. In addition, the dialogue and acting were great. The civilian-military interaction was all too familiar, as were the many scenes with Stryker armored personnel carriers, a common sight during my time in Iraq.I thought the film provided a very good feel for the frustrations of development work in a war setting. ![]() This is familiar to me too, since I work in a multinational OSCE Mission. ![]() Second, the cast itself is multinational, reflecting the multinational character of international assistance efforts. Now I know "konopac" means rope and "bunar" means well! The landscape in some of the scenes was amazing, and makes me curious to see more of Bosnia now. First, of course, I live in the Balkans now, so the language and setting was familiar. ![]()
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