Movie (streaming): July: A Perfect Day + Ashes

In July, we present two of Hadjithomas and Joreige’s films which deal with absence. A Perfect Day tracks Malek, who has both sleep apnea and narcolepsy. He lives with his mother, Claudia, who has still not accepted his father’s disappearance 15 years earlier. She stays at home in case her husband returns. Malek drives around the city in search of Zeina, the woman he loves, but who no longer wants to see him. Each of them is trying to live with a void of lost love, but today may be the “perfect day” to lay their ghosts to rest.

Ramad (Ashes) follows Nabil as he returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting rites and customs by burying a non-existent corpse.