Perfect Strangers (2016 film)
Perfect Strangers (Italian: Perfetti sconosciuti)[2] is a 2016 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Genovese.[3][4] It was released in Italy on 11 February 2016.[4]
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| Italian | Perfetti sconosciuti |
| Directed by | Paolo Genovese |
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| Story by | Paolo Genovese |
| Produced by | Marco Belardi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fabrizio Lucci |
| Edited by | Consuelo Catucci |
| Music by | Maurizio Filardo |
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| Distributed by | Medusa Distribuzione |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $31.6 million[1] |
The film was a critical and commercial success, winning the David di Donatello in the Best Film Category and grossing more than €16 million in Italy. It has been remade in more than 20 countries.
Plot
On the evening of a total eclipse of the moon, seven close friends gather for a dinner party. Early in the meal, one of the friends, a relationship therapist named Eva, says that she is convinced that many couples would separate if they saw the messages on each other's phones. As the friends debate this contention, they agree—some of them reluctantly—to play a game. They will each place their phone on the table and they will share their messages and calls with the rest of the group.
At first, the game seems harmless; no one has anything to hide. Gradually, the calls and messages become more compromising. They reveal that one married woman is having an affair and that a man who has been pretending to have an absent girlfriend is not who he seems. As the calls continue, the network of lies and secrets becomes increasingly tangled. Almost no one at the table is spared. By the end of the night, the group's friendships, marriages, and romances have been shattered.[5]
As the guests leave the apartment, they behave as if nothing untoward has taken place. Each of their relationships is exactly as it was at the start of the evening. The game never happened. The whole film has been a hypothetical.[6][unreliable source?]
Cast
- Giuseppe Battiston as Peppe[4]
- Anna Foglietta as Carlotta[4]
- Marco Giallini as Rocco[4]
- Edoardo Leo as Cosimo[4]
- Valerio Mastandrea as Lele[4]
- Alba Rohrwacher as Bianca[4]
- Kasia Smutniak as Eva[4]
- Benedetta Porcaroli as Sofia[4]
Reception
The film was number-one on its opening week in Italy, with US$3.7 million.[3] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 77% based on reviews from 13 critics.[7] It grossed $31.6 million at the box office.[1]
Accolades
| Year | Award/Festival | Category | Recipients | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | David di Donatello | Best Film | Paolo Genovese | Won |
| Best Director | Paolo Genovese | Nominated | ||
| Best Script | Paolo Genovese, Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paola Mammini, Rolando Ravello | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Anna Foglietta | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Marco Giallini | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Valerio Mastandrea | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Song | Perfetti sconosciuti by Bungaro, Cesare Chiodo and Fiorella Mannoia | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Consuelo Catucci | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound | Umberto Montesanti | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Bari International Film Festival | Tonino Guerra Award for Best Scriptment | Paolo Genovese | Won |
| 2016 | Tribeca Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Paolo Genovese, Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paola Mammini, Rolando Ravello | Won |
| 2017 | Vilnius International Film Festival | Audience's Favourite Film[8] | Paolo Genovese | Won |
Remakes
| Country | Original title | English title | Release date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | Τέλειοι Ξένοι | Perfect Strangers | 15 December 2016 | [9] |
| Spain | Perfectos desconocidos | Perfect Strangers | 1 December 2017 | Directed by Álex de la Iglesia.[10] |
| Turkey | Cebimdeki Yabancı | Stranger in My Pocket | 2 February 2018 | [11] |
| France | Le Jeu | Nothing to Hide | 17 October 2018 | Directed by Fred Cavayé.[12] |
| South Korea | 완벽한 타인 | Intimate Strangers | 31 October 2018 | [13] |
| Hungary | BÚÉK | Happy New Year | 6 December 2018 | Directed by Krisztina Goda.[14] |
| Mexico | Perfectos desconocidos | Perfect Strangers | 25 December 2018 | [15] |
| China | 来电狂响 | Kill Mobile | 29 December 2018 | [16] |
| Russia | Громкая связь | Loud Connection | 14 February 2019 | [17] A sequel, Obratnaya svyaz, was released in 2020.[18] |
| Armenia | Անհայտ բաժանորդ | Unknown Subscriber | 5 September 2019 | [19] |
| Poland | (Nie)znajomi | 16 September 2019 | [20] | |
| Germany | Das perfekte Geheimnis | 31 October 2019 | [21] | |
| Vietnam | Tiệc trăng máu | Blood Moon Party | 23 October 2020 | [22] |
| Japan | おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら | 8 January 2021 | [23] | |
| Slovakia, Czech Republic | Známi neznámi | 5 August 2021 | [24] | |
| Romania | Complet necunoscuți | Perfect Strangers[25] | 24 September 2021 | [26] |
| Netherlands | Alles op tafel | Perfect Strangers | 4 November 2021 | [27] |
| Israel | זרים מושלמים | Perfect Strangers | 11 November 2021 | Directed by Lior Ashkenazi.[28] |
| Egypt, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates | أصحاب ...ولا أعزّ | Perfect Strangers | 20 January 2022 | Released by Netflix.[29] |
| Norway | Full dekning | 25 February 2022 | [30] | |
| Indonesia | Perfect Strangers | 20 October 2022 | [31] | |
| Azerbaijan | Geri Dönənlər | The Returners | 28 December 2022 | [32] |
| Iceland | Villibráð | Wild Game | TBD | [33] |
As of December 2017[update], remakes were underway in Qatar and Sweden.[34]
In February 2017, The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to an English-language remake.[35] In December 2019, Issa Rae was announced to write and star in the US remake. Rae will produce the film along with Spyglass Media Group, a subsidiary of Lantern Entertainment, which acquired the assets of The Weinstein Company after its bankruptcy.[36]
References
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- ^ "Perfect Strangers". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ a b Anderson, Ariston (16 February 2016). "Italy Box Office: Local Comedy Trumps 'Zoolander 2' Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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- ^ . Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
- ^ "r/TrueFilm - Perfect Strangers: how to re-define a genre". reddit. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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- ^ "Audience Choice Awards 2017". KinoPavasaris.lt/en. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Perfect Strangers". View Master Films. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "'Perfectos desconocidos' lidera la taquilla española seis semanas después de su estreno". Bolsamanía (in Spanish). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Cebimdeki Yabancı". Box Office Türkiye (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Le Jeu". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Intimate Strangers". Lotte Entertainment. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Happy New Year (BÚÉK)". National Film Institute Hungary. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Calvillo, Martha (12 December 2018). "Presentan Perfectos Desconocidos a la mexicana en Guadalajara". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ 【来电狂响】12月29日上映，游戏之夜，你敢玩吗？. Sohu (in Chinese). 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Громкая связь (фильм, 2019). Film.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Tokmasheva, Masha (15 December 2020). «Обратная связь»: Почему мужчинам из «Квартета И» пора перестать говорить только о себе. Kino-Teatr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ ""Unknown Subscriber" ("Perfect Strangers"): VivaCell-MTS is the partner of the most anticipated movie of the year" (Press release). Viva-MTS. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "(Nie)znajomi (2019)". Filmweb.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Schering, Sidney (25 October 2019). "Das perfekte Geheimnis". Wessels Filmkritik (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Ky, Tam (16 November 2020). "'Blood Moon Party' breaks Vietnam box office record". VnExpress International. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ 『おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら』2021年1月8日(金)公開決定のお知らせ (Press release) (in Japanese). Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "VIDEO: Do slovenských kín prichádza komédia Známi neznámi". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Perfect Strangers". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Complet necunoscuți (2021)". Cinemagia (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Perfect Strangers". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ זרים מושלמים. Secret.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (21 December 2021). "Netflix Swoops on 'Perfect Strangers' Adaptation as Its First Arab Original Film". Variety. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Her er vårens norske kinofilmer" (in Norwegian). Norsk filminstitut. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Angelina, Tarida (1 August 2022). "Film Before Now & Then, Perfect Strangers, dan Ashiap Man Akan Rilis di Amazon Prime Video". VOI (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Bu tarixdə məşhur azərbaycanlıların bütün sirləri ifşa olunacaq - Video/Foto". Publika.az. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Wild Game". Icelandic Film Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Il remake di "Perfetti sconosciuti" bloccato negli Usa per colpa di Weinstein". Giornalettismo (in Italian). 12 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ McNary, Dave (17 February 2017). "Weinstein Company to Remake Italian Comedy 'Perfect Strangers'". Variety. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ McNary, Dave (4 December 2019). "Issa Rae to Star in and Produce 'Perfect Strangers' Remake". Variety. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
External links
- Perfect Strangers at IMDb
- Perfect Strangers at Rotten Tomatoes