Film
Movie theaters, reviews and showtimes in New York, plus articles, trailers and more
- Home
- Box Office
- Listings
- Trailers
- Features
Bookmark this page- Edition:
A Perfect Day (2005)
Director: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Movie review
From Time Out London
Fifteen years after her husband disappeared (during Lebanon’s Civil War), Claudia (Kassar) hesitates to sign the documents that will pronounce him dead and therefore free up both herself and her son Malek to get on properly with the future; Malek, meanwhile, tired of his mum’s reluctance, offers her little support, since he’s preoccupied in his search around Beirut for a girlfriend who in turn seems tired of him… Not a lot happens, plotwise, in this delicate but haunting study of a society wracked by guilt, fear, pain and confusion; it’s enough simply to soak up the fine performances, the carefully maintained mood, and the elegant, subtly telling imagery.Author: GA
Time Out London Issue 1835: October 19-26 2005
Cast & crew
Director: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Cast: Julia Kassar, Ziad Saad, Alexandra Kahwaji full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 88 mins
Most popular on this site
Features
To the letter
Forty years later, Costa-Gavras's Z still brims with fury.
Mind over matter
David Cronenberg reflects on a most bizarre body: his own corpus of work.
Fool's gold
Can an Oscar win lead to a cursed career? Here are five stories of postaward professional meltdowns.
We are the championed
Terrorists and teens abound in this year's "Film Comment Selects."
A history of violence
Matteo Garrone's kaleidoscopic Gomorrah wallops you with Italy's crime crisis.
True romantic
James Gray exchanges urban amorality for amour in Two Lovers.
Playing in the dark
MoMA salutes pianist Stuart Oderman's 50 years as the one-man sound of silents.
Junk bonds
Cast and crew recall the making of the classic NYC drug drama The Panic in Needle Park.
What do you think?
Post your review now