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A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

20156.71h 46m

Overview

Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been devastated by a cruel war, but some of the local inhabitants, the retreating combatants, the UN forces, many cows and an absurd bureaucracy will not cease to put obstacles in their way.

Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
Written by Paula Farias, Fernando León de Aranoa, Diego Farias
Produced by Jaume Roures, Fernando León de Aranoa
Box Office0Revenue: $1.7M

Top Cast

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Mambrú

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

B

Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kurylenko

Katya

Mélanie Thierry

Mélanie Thierry

Sophie

Feđa Štukan

Feđa Štukan

Damir

Eldar Rešidović

Eldar Rešidović

Nicola

Sergi López

Sergi López

Goyo

Nenad Vukelić

Nenad Vukelić

Nikola's Grandfather

Morten Suurballe

Morten Suurballe

UN Official at the Briefing

Ben Temple

Ben Temple

UN Official's Assistant

Themes & Keywords

bosnia and herzegovinaroad tripbosnian war (1992-95)united nations1990sngo

About A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day is a comedy, drama, war film released in 2015 exploring themes of bosnia and herzegovina, road trip, bosnian war (1992-95), united nations, 1990s, ngo. Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, it stars Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko. Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been devastated by a cruel war, but some of the local inhabitants, the retreating combatants, the UN forces, many cows and an absurd bureaucracy will not cease to put obstacles in their way.

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