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FILM REVIEW Cannes entry ‘A Perfect Day’ finds comedy in conflict of war By JILL LAWLESS ²DQGWKHDEVXUGLW\²RIOLIH LQFRQÀLFW ³7KH ¿UVW FDVXDOW\ LQ ZDU CANNES, FRANCE (AP) — From is common sense,” said Leon “M.A.S.H.” to “Three Kings,” GH$UDQRDZKRVHJULWW\¿OPV the humor that erupts amid LQFOXGH WKH XQHPSOR\PHQW the horrors of war has been a drama “Mondays in the Sun” tough but tempting subject for with Javier Bardem. ¿OPPDNHUV “If these guys mean some- Spanish director Fernan- thing to me in the movie, it is GR /HRQ GH $UDQRD WDFNOHV just common sense,” he said. WKH GDUN FRPH- “They are trying G\ RI FRQÀLFW LQ WR SXW VRPH NLQG “A Perfect Day,” of order in chaos.” which stars Beni- 7KH SORW RI FLR 'HO 7RUR DQG Leon de Aranoa’s Tim Robbins as (QJOLVKODQJXDJH DLGZRUNHUVWU\LQJ GHEXW LQYROYHV DQ ² DQG RIWHQ IDLO- attempt to remove ing — to do some a corpse from a good during the YLOODJH ZHOO ,W V%DONDQZDUV VHHPV D VLPSOH WDVN EXW HY- The director, who has shot erything from a shortage of documentaries for humanitar- URSHWRORFDOHQPLWLHVWR81 ian groups, drew on that ex- bureaucracy frustrates the aid SHULHQFH IRU WKH ¿OP ZKLFK team’s efforts. DLPVWRFDSWXUHWKHDGUHQDOLQH 7KH ¿OPPDNHU VDLG KH Associated Press ‘The first casualty in war is common sense.’ AP Photo/Andres Kudacki Director Fernando Leon de Aranoa poses for the photographers during a ‘A Perfect Day’ film photocall at the Casa de America, in Madrid March 14, 2014. The film is now at the Cannes Film Festival. chose not to put the charac- ters into “epic or heroic situ- ations.” ³(YHQ LI WKH\ IDLO ² WKH\ IDLO D ORW LQ WKH PRYLH ² WKH heroism is just to try,” he said RQ D KRWHO WHUUDFH LQ &DQQHV ZKHUH WKH ¿OP LV SOD\LQJ LQ 'LUHFWRUV¶ )RUWQLJKW D OLQHXS separate from the main com- SHWLWLRQ WKDW VHHNV GLVWLQFWLYH YRLFHVIURPDURXQGWKHZRUOG “A Perfect Day” veers from pathos to broad comedy WR QHDUVDWLUH SOD\HG RXW WR D KDUGURFNVRXQGWUDFN ³7KDW EDODQFH EHWZHHQ humor and tenderness and GDUNQHVV LV P\ FXS RI WHD LQ movies,” said Leon de Aranoa, ZKRLVVODWHGWRGLUHFWDELRSLF RIGUXJNLQJSLQ3DEOR(VFREDU ZLWK %DUGHP DQG 3HQHORSH AP Photo/Andres Kudacki Fernando Leon de Aranoa, fourth left, Benicio Del Toro, second right, Melanie Thierry, third left, Fedja Stukan, right, Olga Kurylenko, third right, Tim Robbins, second left, pose for the photographers during a ‘A Perfect Day’ film photocall at the Casa de America, in Madrid in March 2014. The film is now at the Cannes Film Festival. &UX]³7KLVZDVWKHELJFKDO- OHQJHIRUWKHPRYLH,WKDVWR ZRUNWKHFKDQJHIURPGUDPD to humor.” 7KH ¿OP¶V WRQDO VKLIWV FDQ IHHO DEUXSW EXW LW KDV EHHQ DSSODXGHG IRU WDNLQJ ULVNV ² and for being one of the few PRYLHVWRIHDWXUHDLGZRUNHUV as heroes. ,WV RULJLQDOLW\ DSSHDOHG WR 'HO 7RUR WKH ¿OP¶V OLQFK- pin as the humane but weary Submitted photo 0DPEUX 0HODQLH 7KLHUU\ DQG2OJD.XU\OHQNRSOD\WKH Tim Robbins, left, and Benicio Del Toro star in “A Perfect Day.” — somewhat underwritten — IHPDOHPHPEHUVRIWKHJURXS ies about cops and robbers VPDOOHURQHV ³<RX¶YHJRWDORWRIPRY- DQGDOOWKDWVWXII´'HO7RUR ³:KHQ \RX GR D VPDOO- said. “Here’s a movie that HU ¿OP WKHUH¶V OHVV SHRSOH WKH PDLQ IRFXV LV DLG ZRUN- PDNLQJ GHFLVLRQV´ VDLG ers.” WKH DFWRU ZKR KDG D URFN\ The Puerto Rican actor big-budget movie experience LV DOVR LQ &DQQHV ZLWK 'HQLV ZLWK WKH KRUURU FOXQNHU ³7KH 9LOOHQHXYH¶V 0H[LFDQ GUXJ :ROIPDQ´ FDUWHO WKULOOHU ³6LFDULR´ LQ ³, WULHG WR LQFOXGH P\VHOI (U-HAUL) ZKLFK KH SOD\V D P\VWHULRXV LQ WKH SHRSOH PDNLQJ GHFL- &RORPELDQ LQYROYHG LQ WKH VLRQVZKLOH,ZDVGRLQJµ7KH per yard war on drugs. And he pro- :ROIPDQ¶DQG,GLGQ¶WJHWLQ WARRENTON FIBER YLGHVWKHYRLFHRI7KH6QDNH the room that much,” he said. 8am-5pm 861-3305 Mon-Fri, LQ DQLPDWHG &DQQHV HQWU\ “In an independent movie, 389 NW 13th St., Warrenton ³7KH/LWWOH3ULQFH´ , FDQ KDYH D OLWWOH ELW PRUH 'HO 7RUR VDLG KH WULHV WR VD\ $QG \RX NQRZ ZKDW" , EDODQFH ELJ SURMHFWV ZLWK VKRXOG´ 2 0 LANDSCAPE $ BARK Ju n e 19, 20 & 21, 2015 16 | May 28, 2015 | coastweekend.com