This month Verve’s star teen reviewer, Lucy Kennedy, finds perfection.
Perfect Days
Rated M
Directed by Wim Wenders
Hirayama is a toilet cleaner. He weaves throughout bustling Tokyo, quiet and content with his life. Each day he follows a strict routine, awakening at the same time, cleaning the same public bathrooms, and eating lunch in the same park. Hirayama is fuelled by his love for music, nature, and literature. He has a huge cassette collection, takes photographs of trees, and reads late into the night. Through a series of random encounters with a wide range of people, we learn more about Hirayama as a person, and his past.
The humble, bittersweet allure of Perfect Days invites the viewer into the thoughtful, introspective life of a man who finds and truly appreciates the charm and beauty in the ordinary.
Subtitled in English, visually stunning and with a fantastic soundtrack, Wim Wender’s Perfect Days is a reflective film about the beauty of life, human interaction, and the importance of art and literature. It’s about seeking meaning in the delightful minutiae of life. I recommend this film to the introverts, the readers, the lovers of music, those who find themselves in need of some solace.
5/5 stars
In cinemas now
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