Quiet Chaos / A Perfect Day

QUIET CHAOS (CAOS CALMO), 2007, IFC, 112 min. Dir. Antonello Grimaldi. Pietro (Nanni Moretti) is a successful TV executive whose wife’s death leaves him alone to care for their 10-year-old daughter (Blu Yoshimi). On his daughter’s first school day after the funeral, Pietro promises to wait for her at the gate until school is out, something that quickly turns into a habit, much to the astonishment of his family and colleagues. Roman Polanski plays a business tycoon reminiscent of Rupert Murdoch.

A PERFECT DAY (UN GIORNO PERFETTO), 2008, Fandango, 105 min. In the latest film from Ferzan Ozpetek (SACRED HEART), intersecting narratives are told in flashback before they meet in a tragic finale. A politician (Valerio Binasco) is desperately seeking re-election in the midst of corruption charges and the disintegration of a relationship. His bodyguard (Valerio Mastandrea) is troubled by his own family problems.