On the big screen: A Perfect Day
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Fedja Stukan, Melanie Thierry, Olga Kurylenko and Tim Robbins.
Directed by: Fernando Lep de Aranoa.
Based on the novel “Dejarse Llover” by Paula Farias, the film concerns a group of aid workers working to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.
As Sophie and her seasoned colleagues, Mambru and B, race against time to save the water supply for an abandoned community, they must outwit pedantic UN bureaucrats, military factions and exploitative local criminals – all the while cleverly distracting Mambru’s ex-lover Katya, who has flown in from head office to shut their mission down.
A dead cow, an uncooperative supplies store and an angry dog tied to the length of rope they desperately need: the team and their guide negotiate the seemingly simple task of extracting a dead body from a well, but staying sane proves to be the biggest challenge on this not-so perfect day.
