2015·Comedy·1h 46m
7.1
★
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
bosnia and herzegovina
road trip
bosnian war (1992-95)
united nations
1990s
ngo
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Cast
Benicio del Toro
Mambrú
Tim Robbins
B
Olga Kurylenko
Katya
Mélanie Thierry
Sophie
Feđa Štukan
Damir
Eldar Rešidović
Nicola
Sergi López
Goyo
Nenad Vukelić
Nikola's Grandfather
Morten Suurballe
UN Official at the Briefing
Ben Temple
UN Official's Assistant
Frank Feys
UN Official at the Well
Antonio Franić
Soldier at the Storage
Crew
Fernando León de Aranoa
Director
Fernando León de Aranoa
Screenplay
Arnau Bataller
Original Music Composer
Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Editor
Álex Catalán
Director of Photography
Fernando León de Aranoa
Producer
Javier Méndez
Executive Producer
Fernando García
Costume Designer
Alfonso Raposo
Sound
Luis Fernández Lago
Line Producer
Antonio Ordóñez
First Assistant Director
Raúl Romanillos
Special Effects Supervisor
Popular Reviews
33 reviews
pleiades
9.0★ · 10/11/25
❝It's an important moment, your first corpse. You never forget it. It's like your first girlfriend or the first time you get laid. I remember the first time I got laid, but my first corpse? That shit is burned into my memory.❞
𐄁─────⋆⁺‧₊☽ ◯ ☾₊‧⁺⋆─────𐄁
A Perfect Day is a brilliant blend of tenderness and brutality, with a generous sprinkle of wry humour. It's easy to forget how important aid workers are, but this film is a reminder that they carry out often thankless but crucial work to help civilians survive. It's also a reminder about the atrocities of war; I'm not familiar with all the details of the Yugoslav Wars, but the fact that people saw no hope and chose to end their lives speaks volumes about how suffering and swiftly changing mindsets turn the world into a very cruel place. The cinematography really reflected this; sweeping natural landscapes were juxtaposed with hollowed out ghost towns, intensified by the bleak colour palette.
The cast all did excellently, but to me Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins stood out the most; they both had great comedic delivery and emotional depth when needed, and worked well with all their colleagues.
Though A Perfect Day's subject matter may not be for everyone, I'd still highly recommend giving it a watch just for the acting from its cast members.
→ side note: benicio del toro is so 🫦😩🙏❤️🔥
𐄁─────⋆⁺‧₊☽ ◯ ☾₊‧⁺⋆─────𐄁
A Perfect Day is a brilliant blend of tenderness and brutality, with a generous sprinkle of wry humour. It's easy to forget how important aid workers are, but this film is a reminder that they carry out often thankless but crucial work to help civilians survive. It's also a reminder about the atrocities of war; I'm not familiar with all the details of the Yugoslav Wars, but the fact that people saw no hope and chose to end their lives speaks volumes about how suffering and swiftly changing mindsets turn the world into a very cruel place. The cinematography really reflected this; sweeping natural landscapes were juxtaposed with hollowed out ghost towns, intensified by the bleak colour palette.
The cast all did excellently, but to me Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins stood out the most; they both had great comedic delivery and emotional depth when needed, and worked well with all their colleagues.
Though A Perfect Day's subject matter may not be for everyone, I'd still highly recommend giving it a watch just for the acting from its cast members.
→ side note: benicio del toro is so 🫦😩🙏❤️🔥
❝It's an important moment, your first corpse. You never forget it. It's like your first girlfriend or the first time you get laid. I remember the first time I got laid, but my first corpse? That shit is burned into my memory.❞
𐄁─────⋆⁺‧₊☽ ◯ ☾₊‧⁺⋆─────𐄁
A Perfect Day is a brilliant blend of tenderness and brutality, with a generous sprinkle of wry humour. It's easy to forget how important aid workers are, but this film is a reminder that they carry out often thankless but crucial work to help civilians survive. It's also a reminder about the atrocities of war; I'm not familiar with all the details of the Yugoslav Wars, but the fact that people saw no hope and chose to end their lives speaks volumes about how suffering and swiftly changing mindsets turn the world into a very cruel place. The cinematography really reflected this; sweeping natural landscapes were juxtaposed with hollowed out ghost towns, intensified by the bleak colour palette.
The cast all did excellently, but to me Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins stood out the most; they both had great comedic delivery and emotional depth when needed, and worked well with all their colleagues.
Though A Perfect Day's subject matter may not be for everyone, I'd still highly recommend giving it a watch just for the acting from its cast members.
→ side note: benicio del toro is so 🫦😩🙏❤️🔥
𐄁─────⋆⁺‧₊☽ ◯ ☾₊‧⁺⋆─────𐄁
A Perfect Day is a brilliant blend of tenderness and brutality, with a generous sprinkle of wry humour. It's easy to forget how important aid workers are, but this film is a reminder that they carry out often thankless but crucial work to help civilians survive. It's also a reminder about the atrocities of war; I'm not familiar with all the details of the Yugoslav Wars, but the fact that people saw no hope and chose to end their lives speaks volumes about how suffering and swiftly changing mindsets turn the world into a very cruel place. The cinematography really reflected this; sweeping natural landscapes were juxtaposed with hollowed out ghost towns, intensified by the bleak colour palette.
The cast all did excellently, but to me Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins stood out the most; they both had great comedic delivery and emotional depth when needed, and worked well with all their colleagues.
Though A Perfect Day's subject matter may not be for everyone, I'd still highly recommend giving it a watch just for the acting from its cast members.
→ side note: benicio del toro is so 🫦😩🙏❤️🔥
ssquerezz
7.0★ · 06/21/26
i need benicio del toro like a sunflower needs its sun for surviving, and the sun is REALLY hot
i need benicio del toro like a sunflower needs its sun for surviving, and the sun is REALLY hot
arimix
1.0★ · 02/13/26
y'a pas assez d'adjectifs péjoratifs dans la langue française pour décrire la b.o
y'a pas assez d'adjectifs péjoratifs dans la langue française pour décrire la b.o
PopscenePRO
8.0★ · 12/27/25
i think if ur supposed to provide aid u should atleast carry some good fucking rope
i think if ur supposed to provide aid u should atleast carry some good fucking rope
Gianni
8.0★ · 01/24/24
75/100
Really liked this one — great intimate representation of the war.
Really liked this one — great intimate representation of the war.
75/100
Really liked this one — great intimate representation of the war.
Really liked this one — great intimate representation of the war.