One Perfect Day is ambitious in its reach. A portrait of the artist as a young man, it is the tale of a performer who appears to be talented enough to change the face of contemporary music.

Tommy (Spielman) is a Melbourne boy studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. A violinist and composer, he hears music in every sound: in the voice of a homeless woman in the Underground, the rumble of trains, the chirp of insects. He fights against what he perceives as the artistic constraints and expectations of classical music.

Tommy returns to Melbourne, summoned by a family tragedy, the death of his younger sister.Trying to make sense of what happened, Tommy discovers a CD she has made for him. Intrigued and inspired by it, he plunges into a new musical arena: the DJ dance and rave scene.

One Perfect Day charts a course through life, love, music and family with an unabashed raw energy. The film sparkles in hits high moments, and delivers the sort of body blows so often missing from the pap of the Hollywood teen machine. A great Australian film.

Urban Cinefile review: One Perfect Day   Urban Cinefile interview with Dan Spielman