Perfect Strangers (2016 film)
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| Perfetti sconosciuti | |
| Directed by | Paolo Genovese |
| Written by |
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| Story by | Paolo Genovese |
| Produced by | Marco Belardi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fabrizio Lucci |
| Edited by | Consuelo Catucci |
| Music by | Maurizio Filardo |
Production company | Lotus Production |
| Distributed by | Medusa Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $31.47 million[1] |
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 February 11, 2016.[4]
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 many countries including Spain (as Perfectos desconocidos), Mexico, South Korea (as Intimate Strangers), France, Hungary, Greece, China, Russia, Armenia, Germany, Poland, Vietnam, and Turkey.
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. But gradually the calls and messages become more compromising. They reveal that one married woman is having an affair; 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. And by the end of the night, the group's friendships, marriages, and romances have all been shattered.[5]
Then comes what one reviewer calls ‘the miracle of the movie.’ 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 'what if' scenario - as though the lunar eclipse has transported us to a parallel reality. And we are left to ponder the question of which reality is preferable - the imaginary one in which the stark truth destroys the friends' lives, or the reality in which life goes on, cloaked in deceit.[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]
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
On 15 July 2019, it was included in the Guinness World Records as it became the most remade film in cinema history, with a total of 18 versions of the film.[9][better source needed] Remakes include:
- On 15 December 2016, a Greek remake by Greek actor/director Thodoris Atheridis, Τέλειοι Ξένοι (Teleioi Xenoi), was released.
- In 2017, Perfect Strangers was remade by Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia as Perfectos desconocidos.[10][11]
- The Turkish version titled Stranger in My Pocket (Cebimdeki Yabancı) was directed by Serra Yılmaz and released in Turkey on February 2, 2018.[12][13]
- A French-language version of the film, titled Nothing to Hide (Le Jeu, lit. 'The Game'), was directed by Fred Cavayé and released in France in late 2018.[14]
- An unofficial remake of the movie was released in India in 2018 under the title Loudspeaker in Kannada language.[15][16]
- The South Korean remake, Intimate Strangers, was released in South Korea on October 31, 2018.[17]
- The Hungarian remake BÚÉK directed by Krisztina Goda was released on December 6, 2018.[18]
- The Mexican remake Perfectos desconocidos directed by Manolo Caro (creator of The House of Flowers on Netflix) was released in Mexico on December 25, 2018 and the United States on January 11, 2019.[19]
- The Chinese remake, Kill Mobile , was released in the United Kingdom on 28 December 2018,[20] before China on 29 December 2018,[citation needed] and Singapore on 10 January 2019.[21]
- A Russian remake, Loud Connection, created by the Kvartet I, was released on Valentine's Day in 2019.[22]
- In September 2019 the Polish version (Nie)znajomi was released, directed by Tadeusz Sliwa.[23]
- The German remake, Das perfekte Geheimnis , was released on October 31, 2019.[24]
- In 2019, an Armenian remake called Unknown Subscriber (Անհայտ բաժանորդ) was released.[25]
- A Vietnamese remake called Blood Moon Party (Tiệc trăng máu) was released on 23 October 2020.[26]
- A Japanese remake called Otona no Jijō: Sumaho o Nozoitara (おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら) was released on 8 January 2021 by Sony Pictures.[27]
- A Slovak-Czech remake called Známí neznámí was filmed in July and August 2020 and is slated for release in 2021.[28]
- An Israeli remake titled זרים מושלמים directed by Lior Ashkenazi was filmed in 2020 and is slated for release in the summer of 2021.[29]
- A Dutch remake titled Alles op tafel was filmed beginning in October 2020 and is slated for release on 4 November 2021.[30]
- An Arabic-language remake, produced by companies based in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon, respectively, and starring Nadine Labaki and Mona Zaki, wrapped in March 2021 and is slated for release in the fourth quarter of 2021.[31][32]
- A Romanian remake titled Complet Necunoscuti is slated for release in 2021.[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]
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- ^ Supreet, Vaalee (13 August 2018). "Film maker Paolo Genovese informed about unofficial remake Loudspeaker?". Sandalwood Cinema. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ "Loudspeaker movie review: Smarting with the phone". Bangalore Mirror. India Times. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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- ^ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (2018-10-23). "Morelia: Pantelion to Release Manolo Caro's Perfect Strangers in the U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
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- ^ Do, Linh (27 May 2020). "Vietnamese cinemas struggle to attract audiences". VnExpress International. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ 『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.
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