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Can a life of repetition still be a perfect one? In Wim Wenders' Perfect Days—which won Kōji Yakusho the Best Actor award at Cannes 2023—a Tokyo toilet cleaner named Hirayama finds quiet abundance in routines: analogue cassettes, second-hand paperbacks, and sunlight filtering through leaves. For this Mandarin-language film book club, watch the film in advance and bring one book that speaks to it in any way—about craftsmanship, solitude, music, trees, Tokyo, or simply the art of an ordinary day. Each participant will share their impressions of the film alongside the book they chose, with the group invited to ask one or two questions after every turn. By the end, you will leave with a living reading list of ten books, ten reasons, and perhaps a new way of noticing the unrepeatable light in your own daily life. Come curious; leave with your next read.