Perfect Days
One of GFT audiences’ favourites of the year so far, Wim Wenders’ beautifully simple character drama returns for the bank holiday weekend, and May’s Glasgow Film Club. Nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Oscars, the highly anticipated return to fiction feature filmmaking from Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire) takes the seasoned writer-director to Tokyo to tell a story celebrating the hidden joys and minutiae of Japanese culture. In a deeply moving performance that won the Best Actor award at Cannes 2023, Koji Yakusho (Babel, 13 Assassins) stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo’s numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life. Channelling Wenders’ affection for the work of Yasujiro Ozu, and combining a refreshingly unstereotypical depiction of the Japanese capital — particularly the experience of typically unappreciated service work — with a soundtrack of iconic hits from the 1960s and 1980s, this is a subtle, shimmering and ultimately life-affirming marvel that champions the meditative beauty of the everyday world around us. Japan’s entry for Best International Film at the 2024 Academy Awards. In Japanese and English with English subtitles ------------------------- Please note our screening on Wednesday 8 May at 5.20pm will be a sliding scale payment screening followed by Glasgow Film Club — a monthly club to come and chat about film. Glasgow Film Club takes place after our Sliding Scale Screening (choose from paying £0, £2, £4, £6, £8, £10) of a new release. Anyone who has seen the film, no matter what screening they go to, is welcome at Glasgow Film Club. It is a place for our audience to socialise and explore films in a way that is meaningful to them. Meet our Community Engagement Coordinator, Nicola Scott, in the GFT Foyer after the screening ends at 7.45pm. You can expect: · A welcoming, relaxed environment · A casual club feel rather than a formal discussion group · Refreshments provided · No need to sign up — just come on the day · Everyone is welcome to come and chat about the film · Glasgow Film Club is free to attendDramaPT2H5MPG2024-02-23Koji Yakusho
Tokio Emoto
Arisa Nakano
Yumi Asou
Tomokazu Miura
Min Tanaka
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Takuma Takasaki
Koji Yanai
Perfect Days"Perfect Days"Showtimes
May 8, 12:20 pm
May 8, 5:20 pm
May 12, 7:00 pm
May 14, 1:40 pm
May 15, 5:30 pm
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