The Comfort of Strangers (1990)

Directed by

Paul Schrader

Genre

drama film, erotic film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 129 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British couple on vacation in Venice meet a mysterious local man and his eccentric wife. The encounter slowly draws them into a dangerous and disturbing game of psychological manipulation.

tenseunsettlingslow-burnbleakeroticclaustrophobicpsychologically chargedmoody

What happens

The Comfort of Strangers is a 1990 psychological thriller film directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, and Helen Mirren. The screenplay by Harold Pinter was adapted from the 1981 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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