A Perfect Day
Italian Cinema

A Perfect Day

Un Giorno Perfetto
Ferzan ÖzpetekItaly2008★★★★

A single day in the lives of several Romans, each teetering on the edge of their own quiet crisis. The title is the first of many ironies. Quiet, observational, and deeply sad in the way only Italian domestic realism manages — the kind of sadness that comes from recognizing that the catastrophe has already happened and everyone is just living inside it.

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