Perfect Strangers (2017 film)

Perfect Strangers
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Perfectos desconocidos
Directed by	Álex de la Iglesia
Screenplay by	Jorge Guerricaechevarría Álex de la Iglesia
Based on	Perfect Strangers by Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello
Produced by	Álvaro Augustin Carolina Bang Ghislain Barrois Kiko Martínez Paloma Molina
Starring	Belén Rueda Eduard Fernández Ernesto Alterio Juana Acosta Eduardo Noriega Dafne Fernández Pepón Nieto
Cinematography	Ángel Amorós
Edited by	Domingo González
Music by	Víctor Reyes
Production companies	Telecinco Cinema Pokeepsie Films Nadie Es Perfecto
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) (Madrid) 1 December 2017 (2017-12-01) (Spain)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Box office	$31 million[1]

Perfect Strangers (Spanish: Perfectos desconocidos) is a 2017 Spanish comedy thriller film directed by Álex de la Iglesia remaking the 2016 Italian film of the same name.^[2][3][4] It stars Belén Rueda, Eduard Fernández, Ernesto Alterio, Juana Acosta, Eduardo Noriega, Dafne Fernández and Pepón Nieto.The film grossed €18.9 million at the box office by February 2018.^[5]

Premise

Seven friends decide to play a game at their dinner party, in which each member needs to read aloud all incoming text messages or put phone calls on speaker for all to hear. This causes many revelations to materialize, and challenges the "normal" of everyone at the dinner.

Cast

• Belén Rueda as Eva
• Eduard Fernández as Alfonso
• Ernesto Alterio as Antonio
• Juana Acosta as Ana
• Eduardo Noriega as Eduardo
• Dafne Fernández as Blanca
• Pepón Nieto as Pepe
• Beatriz Olivares as Sofía
• María Jesús Hoyos as Abuela
• Gonzalo Torralba as Javi
• Valentina Méndez as Rosa
• Alberto Bang as Gordi
• Luis Lobos Negros as Vecino ascensor

Production

The film is a Telecinco Cinema, Pokeepsie Films and Nadie Es Perfecto production, with the participation of Mediaset España and Movistar+.^[6]

Release

Distributed by Universal Pictures,^[7] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 1 December 2017.^[8]

Box office

The film was the second highest-grossing Spanish language film of 2018 in Spain, with a box-office taking of €13 million from 2 million admissions.^[9] The film also stayed as one of the highest-grossing Spanish language films of 2018 in Spain, and finished third grossing €9.2 million from 1.3 million admissions.^[10] Worldwide it had grossed $31 million as of January 2019.^[1]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2017
• List of films featuring eclipses

References

1. "Perfectos Desconocidos (2017)". The Numbers.
2. ""Perfectos desconocidos" un remake de Álex de la Iglesia". Jameson Notodofilmfest (in Spanish). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
3. Zorrilla, Mikel (21 May 2016). "Álex de la Iglesia dirigirá el remake de 'Perfectos desconocidos'". Espinof (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
4. "Perfectos desconocidos". Movistar+ (in Spanish). Telefónica. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
5. "Las 5 cintas nominadas al Goya recaudan 8 millones frente a los 18 millones de Perfectos Desconocidos, sin nominaciones". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
6. "Nos colamos en el rodaje de 'Perfectos desconocidos' de Álex de la Iglesia". Telecinco. 25 October 2016.
7. "'Perfectos desconocidos' – estreno en cines 1 de diciembre". Audiovisual451. 30 November 2017.
8. "'Perfectos desconocidos' lidera la taquilla española seis semanas después de su estreno". Bolsamanía. 15 January 2018.
9. Hopewell, John (2 January 2018). "Spanish Box Office Holds, Edging Down Just 0.7% in 2017".
10. Hopewell, John (2 January 2019). "Spain's Box Office Dips Slightly in 2018". Variety.

External links

• Perfect Strangers at IMDb
• Perfect Strangers at Rotten Tomatoes