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Perfect Strangers

Original title: Perfetti sconosciuti
  • 20162016
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
64K
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Perfect Strangers (2016)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
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7.7/10
64K
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  • Director
    • Paolo Genovese
  • Writers
    • Filippo Bologna(screenplay)
    • Paolo Costella(screenplay)
    • Paolo Genovese(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Giuseppe Battiston
    • Anna Foglietta
    • Marco Giallini
Top credits
  • Director
    • Paolo Genovese
  • Writers
    • Filippo Bologna(screenplay)
    • Paolo Costella(screenplay)
    • Paolo Genovese(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Giuseppe Battiston
    • Anna Foglietta
    • Marco Giallini
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 70User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 13 nominations

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    Trailer italiano [OV]
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    Trailer italiano [OV]

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    Paolo Genovese, Marco Belardi, and Giampaolo Letta at an event for Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Paolo Genovese, Marco Belardi, and Giampaolo Letta at an event for Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Valerio Mastandrea and Anna Foglietta in Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Giuseppe Battiston and Alba Rohrwacher in Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Kasia Smutniak, Anna Foglietta, and Alba Rohrwacher in Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, and Alba Rohrwacher in Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Kasia Smutniak, Anna Foglietta, and Alba Rohrwacher in Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Kasia Smutniak, Anna Foglietta, and Alba Rohrwacher in Perfect Strangers (2016)
    Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Kasia Smutniak, Anna Foglietta, and Alba Rohrwacher in Perfect Strangers (2016)

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    Giuseppe Battiston
    Giuseppe Battiston
    • Peppeas Peppe
    Anna Foglietta
    Anna Foglietta
    • Carlottaas Carlotta
    Marco Giallini
    Marco Giallini
    • Roccoas Rocco
    Edoardo Leo
    • Cosimoas Cosimo
    Valerio Mastandrea
    Valerio Mastandrea
    • Leleas Lele
    Alba Rohrwacher
    Alba Rohrwacher
    • Biancaas Bianca
    Kasia Smutniak
    Kasia Smutniak
    • Evaas Eva
    Benedetta Porcaroli
    Benedetta Porcaroli
    • Sofiaas Sofia
    Elisabetta De Palo
    • Nonnaas Nonna
    Tommaso Tatafiore
    • Brunoas Bruno
    Noemi Pagotto
    • Rosaas Rosa
    • Director
      • Paolo Genovese
    • Writers
      • Filippo Bologna(screenplay)
      • Paolo Costella(screenplay)
      • Paolo Genovese(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      It has been remade 18 times in many different countries including Spain, Turkey, Mexico, South Korea, France, Hungary, Greece, China, and Russia. For this reason it entered into the Guinness Book of World Records!
    • Quotes

      Peppe: Eva, how do you know if you're in love?

      Eva: Why are you asking me?

      Peppe: You study these things.

      Bianca: I'll tell you. If you talk to her for 30 minutes a day, you're in love.

      Peppe: What if I talk for 60 minutes?

      Carlotta: Then you're madly in love.

      Lele: Then you stop talking, which means you're married!

    • Connections
      Remade as Perfect Strangers (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      I Will Survive
      Written by Freddie Perren (uncredited) and Dino Fekaris (uncredited)

      Performed by Gloria Gaynor

    User reviews70

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    Top review
    8/10
    Stands head and shoulders above its Hollywood counterparts
    I don't remember when was the last time a saw a high quality comedy. Ninety percent of comedies that come from Hollywood are immature gibberish filled with trivialities which portray life as it never is. But now finally comes a comedy movie for grown ups with thematic elements suitable for mature audiences. Perfetti sconosciuti is very funny, sometimes sad, intelligent and charming in a way only European movies can be, especially Italian and Spanish.

    Seven friends gather for a dinner. Table is and always has been a central element of human activities. Food opens people up for friendship and humor. Now, these seven people carried by such delight agree to play a game which may bring to surface things they never wanted to share. They have known each other for years but it turns out only superficially. Perfetti sconosciuti is pretty serious movie when stripped from jokes and charm. That has to be so since sharing, or more so unwillingly sharing, our deepest secrets and desires with people whom we know for years in unbelievably difficult; more difficult than sharing those things with strangers. That's why I've written that this movie is a comedy made for mature audiences - younger viewers just won't be able to read fine details and understand the difficulties, which come with years, this movie brings about.

    Tempo of the movie is perfectly hit. Everything looks absolutely natural. There are no more important or less important scenes. All of them come together as to form a uniform experience. That way the viewer somehow becomes eighth person invited to the dinner, figuratively speaking. This is something similar to the way conversation keeps flowing in 12 Angry Men. Since Perfetti sconosciuti is a talk movie, acting plays a pivotal role since there are no many other elements which can compensate for it, in contrast to American made comedies which are almost entirely adventure oriented. In all sincerity I have to admit that this seven people did better job with acting than most of their over-hyped and planetary famous Hollywood colleagues. All of them covered a very wide range of emotions in a very convincing manner.

    This is very refreshing and brave movie to make which I warmly recommend, especially to those of you who are tired of trivial humor, trivial characters and plots. You may even discover a thing or two about yourself.
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    • Apr 26, 2017

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    • Release date
      • February 11, 2016 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Italy)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Người Lạ Hoàn Hảo
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Lotus Production
      • Medusa Film
      • Leone Film Group
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $31,640,626
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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