All of Us Strangers 4K 2023

Before watching the movie, I knew nothing about the director Andrew Haigh, his merits and previous works. I was attracted by the mesmerizing views of London and the acting duo of Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. They both excellently established themselves as wonderful dramatic performers. I embarked on the viewing in complete ignorance of what was in store for me.

From the very beginning, events throw the viewer into one of my favorite dramatic twists in movies. A stranger comes to your home, who he is and what he wants is a mystery. We are put in an awkward, position that makes us anxiously fidget in our chair, squirming and confused. Who you are yourself, we don't really understand yet either. Such a fabula immediately forms the need to figure out, trace and deal with the saspence. Who these people are by profession, what they do, I think is not a very important factor, they can be anyone in the outside world. It's more important what's inside them. We don't realize that right away. We see the protagonist Adam analyzing his past, his relationship with his parents, longing and feeling global loneliness. And in this difficult emotional period, he finds a friend. A friend who doesn't ask unnecessary questions, doesn't traumatize, listens, is there for him and offers attention. That's it. And that's how the movie's conflict ends in an ultra-short summary.

As you watch, it sometimes feels like you're watching some sort of Murakami adaptation. So much dream and reality, past and future are intertwined here. As it turned out, the script is really an adaptation, but of another Japanese author. The Asian mystical-religious view of the world is felt here very accurately. It's magical, but at the same time psycho-ethical realism. I am very familiar with these states of reflection, of despair, of trying to get out of it. When you're just scared to be alone with yourself and your frightening thoughts. You just need someone who will not oppose your nature, look and voice. This role was handled wonderfully by Harry, Paul Mescal's character.

Watching natural, non-sucked-up dialogues, doubts and passions under airy, sparkling and lyrical music, with the help of precise attentive camera in super close-ups, we wade through the narrow alleys of memory and pain, opening in the end a wide hope for salvation in this terrible forgotten world. Thank you to all the filmmakers for showing us - there is a way out. We can deal with grief.