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PERFECT DAYS
PERFECT DAYS
WIM WENDERS
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PERFECT DAYS
PERFECT DAYS
WIM WENDERS
Country
JAPAN
language
JAPANESE
2023 year
124 Minutes

SCHEDULE

01.03.2024 / 07:30 PM/ Audi 7 PVR INOX ORION MALL
04.03.2024 / 04:50 PM/ Audi 7 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine, he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Koji Yanai, Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
Screenplay: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
Director of Photography: Franz Lustig
Editor: Toni Froschhammer
Music: Patrick Watson
Sound: Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Aso, Sayuri Ishikawa
Awards - Winner: Cannes FF (Best Actor, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury), Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Best Film), Montclair FF (Junior Jury Award)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: 96th Academy Awards (nominated - Japanese official entry for Best International Feature at the Oscars 2024), Cannes FF (Palme d'Or), César Awards (Best Foreign Film), Palm Springs IFF (FIPRESCI Prize - Best Foreign Language Film), International Cinematographers' FF (Golden Camera 300)
Director's Biography
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WIM WENDERS

Wim Wenders (born 1945) came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of German cinema during the 1970s and is now considered one of the most important figures in contemporary film. In addition to his many prize-winning feature films, his work as a scriptwriter, director, producer, photographer, and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films. ALICE IN THE CITIES (1973), PARIS, TEXAS (1984), THE END OF VIOLENCE (1997), THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (2000), THE BEAUTIFUL DAYS OF ARANJUEZ (2016), and PERFECT DAYS (2023) are some of his films.