2005 · drama · memory · war
A Perfect Day
Directed by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige1h 28m2005
A day in the life of Malek, a young man who suffers from sleep disorders and is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, his overprotective mother struggles with the disappearance of her husband, who was kidnapped more than 15 years ago during the civil war.
Our read: A Perfect Day (2005) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · memory · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / memory, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
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“You want a drifting Beirut day about love, insomnia, and war's missing people.”
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