Who should have won Best International Film at the Oscars 2024?

I was conflicted on the ending of Io Capitano. Most viewers will know that this is most probably not a happy ending to a story, but the midpoint of a story that can go all kinds of ways. We see an exalted protagonist happy to be rescued, but the audience will probably know that the protagonists will probably enter a whole new world of hardship in Europe, since nobody wants them there, which is why it's hard to feel happy about the ending. And because so many people have told him NOT to go to Europe, deep down he may know what kind of uncertainty he got himself into. This might be the highest point in his journey, which will probably go downhill from now on.

Somehow it made me think of the ending of The Graduate. Some people will feel happy about the protagonist and his love interest escaping on a bus after he tore her away from a wedding with another man; the story ends on a high. But you can see on their faces during the last frames, they have no idea what they've gotten themselves into and the realisation of uncertainty creeps in, unmaking a happy ending.

Perfect Days is wonderful. I hope it wins.