All of Us Strangers (2023)

Directed by

Andrew Haigh

Genre

fantasy film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 1,043 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely screenwriter starts a relationship with his neighbor and also revisits memories of his past. The film blends romance with fantasy as he connects with people from his history.

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What happens

All of Us Strangers is a 2023 British romantic fantasy film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, and loosely based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. It stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy. The second feature adaptation of the novel, after the Japanese film The Discarnates (1988), the film follows a lonely screenwriter who develops an intimate relationship with his mysterious neighbour while revisiting memories from the past. All of Us Strangers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 31 August 2023, and was released in the United Kingdom by Searchlight Pictures on 26 January 2024. It received critical acclaim, was named one of the top ten independent films of 2023 by the National Board of Review, and earned six BAFTA Award nominations. The film was also named Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (Dorian Awards). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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