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A Perfect Day
A Perfect Day
	Film poster
Directed by	Joana Hadjithomas ; Khalil Joreige
Written by	Joana Hadjithomas ; Khalil Joreige
Produced by	Anne-Cécile Berthomeau and Edouard Mauriat for Mille et une Productions (France)
Starring	Ziad Saad; Julia Kassar; Alexandra Kahwagi
Cinematography	Jeanne Lapoirie
Edited by	Tina Baz
Music by	Scrambled Eggs: Charbel Haber, Marc Codsi, Tony Elieh,Said EliehSoap Kills, Zeid Hamdan & Yasmine Hamdan
Release date	2005;
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Lebanon; France; Germany
Language	Arabic

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A Perfect Day (Arabic: يوم اخر, Yawmon Akhar) is a 2005 Lebanese film directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. The soundtrack was done by the band Scrambled Eggs,^[1] Soap Kills and others.

Plot

Malek, a 26-year-old man who suffers from sleep disorders, is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend Zeina. Stuck in a traffic jam, Malek catches a fleeting glance of the beautiful Zeina the woman he loves. Tapping text messages into his mobile phone he desesperately tries to get through to her, but she no longer wants to see him. She vanishes into the throng of midday Beirut traffic. The young man has a syndrome which interrupts his breathing during sleep. Whenever he stops moving, he dozes off adding to his disorientation. His mother Claudia has still not accepted his father’s disappearance after 15 years. She stays at home should her husband return, Malek drives around the city alone in his car. Each of them trying to live with a void of lost love. But today may be the “perfect day” to lay their ghosts to rest. Malek is taking his hesitant mother to declare her husband officially dead in the “absence of a body”. She struggles on this day, because the courts will rule her husband officially a dead man since his disappearance more than 15 years ago, along with 17,000 other men who also disappeared during the Lebanese war.^[2] And that evening, in a trendy nightclub where the young of Beirut go to dance and forget their troubles, Zeina looks ready to give Malek a second shot at the love he so yearns for.

Cast

Ziad Saad as Malek
Julia Kassar as Claudia
Alexandra Kahwagi as Zeina
Rabih Mroué
Carole Schoucair
Joseph Nader
Pascale Sekkar
Joseph Sassine

Music

Scrambled Eggs: Charbel Haber, Marc Codsi, Tony Elieh, Said Elieh
Soap Kills: Zeid Hamdan & Yasmine Hamdan

External links

References

^ Scrambled Eggs on Virb.com Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Bennett, Ray. "A Perfect Day." Hollywood Reporter, vol. 390, 2005, pp. 22.

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[1] Scrambled Eggs on Virb.com Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Bennett, Ray. "A Perfect Day." Hollywood Reporter, vol. 390, 2005, pp. 22.

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+{{About|the Lebanese film|the British TV film|Perfect Day (2005 film)}}
 {{Infobox film
 | name           = A Perfect Day
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 | caption        = Film poster
 | director       = [[Joana Hadjithomas]] <br> [[Khalil Joreige]]
+| producer = Anne-Cécile Berthomeau and Edouard Mauriat for Mille et une Productions (France)
-| producer       =
 | writer         = [[Joana Hadjithomas]] <br> [[Khalil Joreige]]
 | starring       = [[Ziad Saad]]<br/>[[Julia Kassar]]<br>[[Alexandra Kahwagi]]
+| music          = Scrambled Eggs: Charbel Haber, Marc Codsi, Tony Elieh,Said EliehSoap Kills, Zeid Hamdan & Yasmine Hamdan
-| music          =
 | cinematography = [[Jeanne Lapoirie]]
-| editing        = Tina Baz
+| editing        = [[Tina Baz]]
 | distributor    =
-| released       = 2005
+| released       = {{Film date|2005}}
 | runtime        = 88 minutes
 | country        = Lebanon<br>France<br>Germany
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 }}
-'''''A Perfect Day''''' ({{lang-ar|'''يوم اخر'''}}, ''Yawmon Akhar'') is a 2005 Lebanese film directed by [[Joana Hadjithomas]] and [[Khalil Joreige]]. The soundtrack was done by the band [[Scrambled Eggs (band)|Scrambled Eggs]],<ref>[http://www.virb.com/scrambledeggs Scrambled Eggs on Virb.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025055118/http://www.virb.com/scrambledeggs |date=October 25, 2007 }}</ref> [[Soap Kills]] and others.
+'''''A Perfect Day''''' ({{langx|ar|يوم اخر}}, ''Yawmon Akhar'') is a 2005 Lebanese film directed by [[Joana Hadjithomas]] and [[Khalil Joreige]]. The soundtrack was done by the band Scrambled Eggs,<ref>[http://www.virb.com/scrambledeggs Scrambled Eggs on Virb.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025055118/http://www.virb.com/scrambledeggs |date=October 25, 2007 }}</ref> [[Soap Kills]] and others.
 ==Plot==
-Malek, a 26-year-old man who suffers from sleep disorders, is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend Zeina. Meanwhile, his overprotective mother struggles with the disappearance of her husband, who was kidnapped more than 15 years ago during the civil war.
+Malek, a 26-year-old man who suffers from sleep disorders, is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend Zeina. Stuck in a traffic jam, Malek catches a fleeting glance of the beautiful Zeina the woman he loves. Tapping text messages into his mobile phone he desesperately tries to get through to her, but she no longer wants to see him. She vanishes into the throng of midday Beirut traffic.
+The young man has a syndrome which interrupts his breathing during sleep. Whenever he stops moving, he dozes off adding to his disorientation. His mother Claudia has still not accepted his father’s disappearance after 15 years. She stays at home should her husband return, Malek drives around the city alone in his car.
+Each of them trying to live with a void of lost love. But today may be the “perfect day” to lay their ghosts to rest. Malek is taking his hesitant mother to declare her husband officially dead in the “absence of a body”. She struggles on this day, because the courts will rule her husband officially a dead man since his disappearance more than 15 years ago, along with 17,000 other men who also disappeared during the Lebanese war.<ref>Bennett, Ray. "A Perfect Day." ''Hollywood Reporter'', vol. 390, 2005, pp. 22''.''</ref>
+And that evening, in a trendy nightclub where the young of Beirut go to dance and forget their troubles, Zeina looks ready to give Malek a second shot at the love he so yearns for.
 ==Cast==
-* [[Ziad Saad]] as Malek
+* Ziad Saad as Malek
 * [[Julia Kassar]] as Claudia
-* [[Alexandra Kahwagi]] as Zeina
+* Alexandra Kahwagi as Zeina
+* Rabih Mroué
+* Carole Schoucair
+*Joseph Nader
+*Pascale Sekkar
+*Joseph Sassine
 == Music==
-*Scrambled Eggs: Charbel Haber, Marc Codsi, Tony Elieh,Said Elieh
+*Scrambled Eggs: Charbel Haber, Marc Codsi, Tony Elieh, Said Elieh
 *[[Soap Kills]]: [[Zeid Hamdan]] & [[Yasmine Hamdan]]
 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb title|id=0469692|title=A Perfect Day}}
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060521182359/http://www.aperfectday-lefilm.com:80/ ''A Perfect Day'' Official website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060521182359/http://www.aperfectday-lefilm.com/ ''A Perfect Day'' Official website]
 *[http://www.hadjithomasjoreige.com/ Directors website]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYFMIgEGnOs Trailer of the movie]
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