FILM: PERFECT DAYS – the best film of the year

24 November 2023. By Neptune PERFECT DAYS ***** (vo Japanese) How does Wim Wenders do it? How does he go from his German films of the 80s (“Wings of Desire”) to exceptional documentaries covering countries from Cuba - “Buena Vista Social Club”; Brazil - “Salt of the Earth”, on the great photographer Salgado; to Italy - “Pope Francis: A Man of his Word”; then recently back to his own roots, covering the grandiose German artist in “Anselm”? And now he has directed this completely Japanese film about a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. For me this is the best film of the year in its simplicity and depth of humanity, and it has been chosen to represent J…