Perfect Strangers Movie Details:
Italian | Perfetti sconosciuti |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Release date | 11 February 2016 (Italy) |
Running time | 1hr 37min |
Starring | Giuseppe Battiston Anna Foglietta Marco Giallini Edoardo Leo Valerio Mastandrea Alba Rohrwacher Kasia Smutniak |
Directed by | Paolo Genovese |
Screenplay by | Filippo Bologna Paolo Costella Paolo Genovese Paola Mammini Rolando Ravello |
Story by | Paolo Genovese |
Produced by | Marco Belardi |
Cinematography by | Fabrizio Lucci |
Edited by | Consuelo Catucci |
Music by | Maurizio Filardo |
Filming locations | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
Production Company | Medusa Film Lotus Production |
Distributor | Medusa Distribuzione |
Perfect Strangers Movie Cast & Characters:
- Giuseppe Battiston as Peppe
- Anna Foglietta as Carlotta
- Marco Giallini as Rocco
- Edoardo Leo as Cosimo
- Valerio Mastandrea as Lele
- Alba Rohrwacher as Bianca
- Kasia Smutniak as Eva
- Benedetta Porcaroli as Sofia
- Elisabetta De Palo as Nonna
- Tommaso Tatafiore as Bruno
- Noemi Pagotto as Rosa
Storyline:
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.
As the guests leave the apartment, they behave as if nothing has happened. Each of their relationships are exactly as they were at the start of the evening. The game never happened, and everybody goes back to their own lies.
Perfect Strangers Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Budget | N/A |
Worldwide Collection | $32.2 million |
About Perfect Strangers Movie:
Perfect Strangers (Italian: Perfetti sconosciuti) is an Italian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Paolo Genovese. It stars Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher, Kasia Smutniak.
It was theatrically released in Italy on 11 February 2016.
The film was a critical and commercial success, winning the David di Donatello in the Best Film Category. The film was number-one on its opening week in Italy, with US$3.7 million. It grossed $31.6 million at the box office. It has been remade in more than 20 countries.
Perfect Strangers Movie Remakes:
Country | Original title | English title | Release date | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greece | Τέλειοι Ξένοι | Perfect Strangers | 15 December 2016 | |
Spain | Perfectos desconocidos | Perfect Strangers | 1 December 2017 | Directed by Álex de la Iglesia. |
Turkey | Cebimdeki Yabancı | Stranger in My Pocket | 2 February 2018 | |
India | Loudspeaker (Kannada) | Loudspeaker | 10 August 2018 | |
France | Le Jeu | Nothing to Hide | 17 October 2018 | Directed by Fred Cavayé. |
South Korea | 완벽한 타인 | Intimate Strangers | 31 October 2018 | |
Hungary | BÚÉK | Happy New Year [hu] | 6 December 2018 | Directed by Krisztina Goda. |
Mexico | Perfectos desconocidos | Perfect Strangers | 25 December 2018 | |
China | 来电狂响 | Kill Mobile | 29 December 2018 | |
Russia | Громкая связь | Loud Connection | 14 February 2019 | A sequel, Obratnaya svyaz, was released in 2020. |
Armenia | Անհայտ բաժանորդ | Unknown Subscriber | 5 September 2019 | |
Poland | (Nie)znajomi | 16 September 2019 | ||
Germany | Das perfekte Geheimnis | 31 October 2019 | ||
Vietnam | Tiệc trăng máu | Blood Moon Party | 23 October 2020 | |
Japan | おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら | 8 January 2021 | ||
Slovakia, Czech Republic | Známi neznámi | 5 August 2021 | ||
Romania | Complet necunoscuți | Perfect Strangers | 24 September 2021 | |
Netherlands | Alles op tafel | Perfect Strangers | 4 November 2021 | |
Israel | זרים מושלמים | Perfect Strangers | 11 November 2021 | Directed by Lior Ashkenazi. |
Egypt, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates | أصحاب …ولا أعزّ | Perfect Strangers | 20 January 2022 | Released by Netflix. |
Norway | Full dekning | 25 February 2022 | ||
Indonesia | Perfect Strangers | 20 October 2022 | Released by Amazon Prime Video. | |
Azerbaijan | Geri dönənlər | 28 December 2022 | ||
Iceland | Villibráð | Wild Game | 6 January 2023 | |
Denmark, Iceland | Hygge! | 26 October 2023 | ||
India | Khel Khel Mein | 6 September 2024 |
In February 2017, The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to an English-language remake. In December 2019, Issa Rae was announced to write, star in, and produce the US remake with Spyglass Media Group, a subsidiary of Lantern Entertainment, which acquired the assets of The Weinstein Company after its bankruptcy. In December 2023, producer Tarak Ben Ammar revealed that his Eagle Pictures was working on the remake with Italian filmmaker Carlo Carlei set to direct the film. Rae was no longer attached to star.
The 2022 Indian Malayalam film 12th Man is loosely based on the core idea of this film.