seven old friends—three couples and a divorcee—meet for a dinner party. The psychiatrist in the group proposes a game: each person will put his or her phone on the table and when they receive a call, text, Whatsapp message or email, they must answer or read the message aloud. All agree, for they have nothing to hide. Or so they claim.
Why is “Perfect Strangers” ripe for adaptation? It helps that the story has a straightforward plot structure that allows the screenwriter to tease out cultural nuances, says Annette Insdorf of Columbia University. The Italians dine on gnocchi and the Icelandic on reindeer. The French guests bring wine; their South Korean counterparts offer paper towels, symbolic of good luck.
Yet the broader theme of “Perfect Strangers”, of individuals’ reliance on technology and expectations of privacy, is one that cuts across cultural divides, at least in the rich world. In the Italian, South Korean and Arabic-language films, the characters gossip about a mutual friend whose wife caught him cheating by snooping through his phone. His failed marriage—in part caused by his failure to secure his mobile—prompts the characters to share their calls and texts at the dinner table.
Very impressive.
You should add to Hollywood copies “Scent of a woman” which was a remake of “Profumo di donna”.
The Brazilian constitution was torn up and Brazil lives in a kleptocracy! And where is the judiciary huh!?
Who’s playing Cousin Larry?
The original “Perfect Strangers” for me is the one with Larry and Balki in it
Balky and Larry don’t count?
I saw a French version called Confidences Trop Intimes years ago (at a Cineworld, not an arthouse cinema).
And the North Korean are eating mud pies
Italian movie 😃😃😃.
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