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The Company of Strangers (1990)

The Company of Strangers poster
Directed by
Cynthia Scott
Genre
documentary film, drama film, docufiction
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
14A
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bus full of older women breaks down in the countryside, leaving them stranded at a remote cottage. As they wait for help, they get to know each other by sharing stories and memories.

gentlewarmreflectivequietpoignantconversationalslow-pacednaturalisticintimate

What happens

The Company of Strangers (US release title: Strangers in Good Company; French title: Le Fabuleux gang des sept) is a 1990 Canadian film directed by Cynthia Scott and written by Scott, Sally Bochner, David Wilson and Gloria Demers. The film depicts eight women on a bus tour, who are stranded at an isolated cottage when the bus breaks down. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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