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01.09.2023 - 06:05 / deadline.com
In Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel, All of Us Strangers was a ghost story of a son reconnecting with his long-dead parents while navigating romance in the current era. In adapting this weird story for the screen, writer-director Andrew Haigh made some changes, largely making the main character gay, not heterosexual, and letting the ghostly elements disappear into a feeling that this is all happening in the present day, even if son and parents are essentially the same age.
The film traverses two eras through the eyes of one man, Adam (Adam Scott), a lonely 40ish screenwriter who is dealing with midlife issues when a man from the same apartment complex comes knocking one day. Harry (Paul Mescal) is a more freewheeling and sexually comfortable soul who is looking for a more conventional gay relationship when he is thrust into Adam’s complicated world. And for Adam, that means an odd re-introduction to his long-dead parents as he returns to his childhood home only to find Dad (Jamie Bell) and Mum (Claire Foy) mystically still there, now the same age as their son, living life like it was yesterday.
And most interestingly, his dad accepts him as gay a lot more than Mum, who has issues with who Adam has become. You see, Adam as a very young boy was thrust into a truly nightmarish situation as he was orphaned when his parents were killed in a car crash. It was something he never really could deal with, but now a new person has come into his life who might make a difference.
To understand the true nature of Adam, Haigh crafted a brilliant scene in which he brings his unsuspecting new friend to his childhood home, where Adam reveals that he basically is living in an upside-down world in which his parents exist at the same age as
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TELLURIDE – There is quiet tension bubbling underneath Andrew Haigh’s latest endeavor. An often sublime drama that features a unique reunion between a son and his parents and a transformative, passionate romance.
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The 2023 Telluride Film Festival will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with an extra day of screenings and an impressive 20 world premieres. Notable films making their debuts in the mountains include Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” follow-up, “Saltburn”; Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” with Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell; Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy; and Ethan Hawke‘s latest directorial effort, “Wildcat,” co-starring Telluride resident Laura Linney.
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Paul Mescal has shared the advice Andrew Scott gave him after his break-up with Phoebe Bridgers.Bridgers and Mescal were reportedly engaged in 2022 before breaking up. Mescal then said he intends to keep his relationship status private in future owing to interest around that break-up.Now, he has told Esquire of the words of wisdom shared to him by Scott, his co-star in upcoming film All Of Us Strangers.Quoting Scott, Mescal said: “The only thing you’re left with after love is grief.
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A futuristic dilemma tests one couple.
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