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“Faces and Counterfaces of Hope” was a film series sponsored by the Dicastery of Evangelization last April in preparation for the 2025 Jubilee.“Faces and Counterfaces of Hope” was a film series sponsored by the Dicastery of Evangelization last April in preparation for the 2025 Jubilee. Pope Francis has called on all Christians to become pilgrims of hope. In his Decree on the Granting of Indulgences during the Jubilee year, the Holy Father wrote that Hope “. . .
And so I began my own pilgrim journey of hope by immersing myself in Wim Winder's 2023 film, “Perfect Days.” We follow Hirayama in the ordinary routine of his day. He wakes up, washes and dresses, waters his plants and drives to his job cleaning Tokyo’s public toilets. These are the nine artistically designed toilets built for the Summer Olympics of 2020.
Hirayama rides his bike to the public bathhouse and after washing, relaxes in the hot tub. He rests in a quiet room and even fans the elderly sleeping man in the hair net to him. He dines in the places where he is known, watches baseball and observes the ever-present Skytree Skyscraper. Before bed he reads William Faulkner, or whatever author he is currently reading At night, he dreams in black and white. The shadows of trees are ever-present.
There are many more memorable scenes, more touching moments with his niece and sister, with the homeless man and with his dreams. I have to say this film spoke to me personally. There’s something about where you are and who you are when you’re watching a particular film and it affects how you experience it. Be aware of what’s around you. See people whom you often don’t notice when you pass by them.
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