''Perfect Strangers'' ( es, Perfectos desconocidos, links=no) is a 2017 Spanish

comedy thriller Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy and thrillers. Criteria They often include a darker tone, relative to other genres, of humor. List of comedy thriller films * '' The Big Fix'' (1978) * '' Char ...

film directed by

Álex de la Iglesia Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza (born 4 December 1965) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist. De la Iglesia's films combine grotesque and very dark elements such as death and murder: most of his ...

remaking the 2016 Italian film of the same name. It stars

Belén Rueda María Belén Rueda García-Porrero (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish actress. She became popular in Spain for her performances in the Globomedia-produced television series '' Periodistas'' (1998–2002) and, most notably, ''Los Serrano'' (2003� ...

Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Serrano (born 25 August 1964) is a Spanish screen and stage actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Goya Awards and four Gaudí Awards. Biography Eduard Fernández was born in Barcelona on 25 August ...

Ernesto Alterio Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa (born 25 September 1970) is an Argentine-Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. Early life Alterio is the son of psychologist Modesta Ángela Bacaicoa Destéfano and actor Héctor Alterio Onorato. His ...

, Juana Acosta, Eduardo Noriega,

Dafne Fernández Dafne Fernández Fernández (born 31 March 1985 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish actress and dancer. Dafne became famous for playing Marta Ramos in the Spanish TV series ''Un paso adelante'', along with actors like Mónica Cruz, Beatriz Luengo, ...

and Pepón Nieto.The film grossed €18.9 million at the box office by February 2018.

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

Production

The film is a Telecinco Cinema, Pokeepsie Films and Nadie Es Perfecto production, with the participation of

Mediaset España Mediaset España (), full name Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A., is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian company MFE - MediaForEurope. Its divisions include the generalist free-to-air TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro, thematic c ...

and

Movistar+ Movistar () is a major telecommunications provider owned by Telefónica, operating in Spain and Hispanic American countries. It is the largest provider of landline, broadband, mobile services, and pay television ( Movistar+) in Spain. Movistar ...

Release

Distributed by

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 1 December 2017.

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. 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. Worldwide it had grossed $31 million as of January 2019.

References

External links

* * {{Perfect Strangers 2017 films 2017 comedy films 2017 thriller films 2010s comedy thriller films Films directed by Álex de la Iglesia Films produced by Álvaro Augustin Films produced by Ghislain Barrois Films with screenplays by Jorge Guerricaechevarría Mediaset España Comunicación Movistar+ Spanish comedy thriller films Spanish remakes of Italian films Telecinco Cinema films Universal Pictures films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Spanish films