Filmhouse/New Kalamata Cinema Club-ALL OF US STRANGERS
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One night, in an almost empty skyscraper in modern London, Adam (Andrew Scott) accidentally meets a mysterious neighbour, Harry (Paul Mescal), and his everyday life changes. As their relationship develops, Adam is overwhelmed by memories of the past. He finds himself returning to the country town where he grew up and his childhood home, where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) seem to live still, just like the day they were killed 30 years ago.
Entirely consistent with his style and subject matter, Andrew Hague combines gay romance with a transcendental perception of time to create not only one of the best films of the year but perhaps the most inventive and moving coming-out story we've seen, a drama of heartbreaking tenderness and admirable cinematography.
Adapting the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada and filming the family scenes in his real family home in Croydon, after first getting permission from the current owners, gradually creating a sense of security and familiarity for the film's bewildered cast members (according to the protagonist's statements), Andrew Hague triumphantly wins the bet of crossing one broken soul with demons and the purest part of his soul.
It's challenging, and yet it happens so harmoniously, rivetingly and from the heart that it's disarming, like the power of love that it praises and manages to flow through the film's veins magically. Joined by Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott gathers all the theatrical virtues and empathy he has shown in front of the camera, creating a duo of protagonists that managed to collect 30 awards and 110 nominations at the most significant international festivals of 2024 and find themselves on the lists of best films of the year, is shown for the first time in Kalamata.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29th
ALL OF US STRANGERS
Drama, Romance | 13+ | 2023 | USA | 105'
directed by Andrew Haigh
cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Carter John Grout
General admission is 5 euros. Admission is 3 euros for the unemployed, those with many children and students, and free for those under 18
