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A Fine Day (2001)

A Fine Day poster
Original title
Der schöne Tag
Directed by
Thomas Arslan
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Turkish-German woman in Berlin goes through her daily routines and relationships. The film follows her ordinary activities and conversations over the course of a single day.

slow-burnquietcontemplativeobservationaleverydayurbanlonelynaturalistic

What happens

Der schöne Tag ist ein deutscher Film von Thomas Arslan aus dem Jahr 2001. Er ist der Abschluss der „Berlin-Trilogie“ des Filmemachers, die das Leben junger türkischstämmiger Menschen der zweiten und dritten Generation in der Hauptstadt einfangen will. Produziert wurde der Film wie seine Vorgänger Geschwister – Kardeşler (1997) und Dealer (1999) für die ZDF-Reihe Das kleine Fernsehspiel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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