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<DIV><EM>'A Perfect Day' by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
(France/Lebanon, 2005, 88 min.). The second feature from the artists and
film-making team of Hadjithomas and Joreige is a milestone in the renaissance of
post-civil-war Lebanese cinema. Claudia (Julia Kassar), with her son Malek (Ziad
Saad), finally signs the paperwork formally declaring her husband dead, 15 years
after he disappeared during the war. As Claudia grapples with her torment over
the empty space in her bed, the borderline narcoleptic Malek sleepwalks his way
through a renovated Beirut in search of his beautiful ex-girlfriend. With a
soundtrack by the hip Lebanese group Soap Kills, A Perfect Day evocatively
captures a nation finding itself at a crossroads between war and peace, pain and
resolution. Description adapted from the London Film Festival. In Arabic with
English subtitles.</EM></DIV>
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